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Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Band 6 Midwife to join our traditional community midwifery team working with... Role: Community Midwife, Category: Health & Social Care

Community Midwife: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Band 6 Midwife to join our traditional community midwifery team working within teams in Mansfield, Sherwood, Ashfield or Newark. The role includes a mixture of working hour patterns and nights on call to support the needs of the women in our care.

Your role will support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and evidence-based woman centred care, which can be delivered in a variety of models.

You will help to provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk women within the community setting, providing the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during their pregnancy journey.

The successful candidate will provide effective communication and liaison with other acute providers of maternity care, engaging with other partners and members of the wider multidisciplinary team as appropriate.

Apply now to join our team!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning (Company Name - Subscribers only) Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National (Company Name - Subscribers only) Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ (Company Name - Subscribers only)-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

20 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-W&C-7516351-A

Job locations

King’s Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-In-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Further Training

Essential

  • Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent

Desirable

  • NLS/ALS course
  • PROMPT Training

Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Diploma / Degree level or equivalent
  • Further professional development

Desirable

  • NIPE trained
  • Leadership course / equivalent

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Evidence of Professional development
  • Able to demonstrate and understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment

Desirable

  • Experience of working in all clinical settings
  • Understanding of cultural diversity
  • Good understanding and experience with safeguarding policies and working with vulnerable families

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience

Desirable

  • Lone working
  • Time Management
  • Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
  • Car Driver/ Valid Driving Licence

Person Specification

Further Training

Essential

  • Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent

Desirable

  • NLS/ALS course
  • PROMPT Training

Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Diploma / Degree level or equivalent
  • Further professional development

Desirable

  • NIPE trained
  • Leadership course / equivalent

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

  • Evidence of Professional development
  • Able to demonstrate and understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment

Desirable

  • Experience of working in all clinical settings
  • Understanding of cultural diversity
  • Good understanding and experience with safeguarding policies and working with vulnerable families

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience

Desirable

  • Lone working
  • Time Management
  • Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
  • Car Driver/ Valid Driving Licence