Job summary
- Main area
- Homebirth Team Midwife
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 284-25-7302176-DWNH
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Women's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Homebirth Team Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 6
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Homebirth Midwife
- Continuity‑led care: Case‑loading a small cohort of women, from referral through to handover to the health visitor.
- Flexible shift pattern: Rotating mix of long days, standard days, and night‑on‑call duty and weekend working.
- Awarded recognition: Uplifted NHS pay (4.5%) for on‑call shifts under Agenda for Change.
Care you will provide
- Specialist midwifery care for women planning homebirths and birth centre births (“domino care”)
- Support for women planning births outside of standard guidelines, collaborating closely with consultant midwives to ensure safety
Who We’re Looking For
- Qualifications: At least 12 months post‑registration, including recent intrapartum experience
- Skills: Strong communicator; committed to delivering personalised, safe, and innovative care
- Characteristics: Proactive, creative, and confident working independently and within a supportive team
Why Join Us?
- Be part of an award‑winning team: Our MSWs and midwives have received Royal College of Midwives national awards for excellence
- Make a real difference: Provide truly individualised care that supports choice—home, or birth‑centre,
- Flexibility with support: Combine autonomy with structured on‑call pay uplift and supportive team environment
Ideal Candidate
- Lives within 30 minutes of hospital
- Passionate about continuity of carer and personalised birth experiences
- Exposure to recent intrapartum practice, confident managing complex or out‑of‑guideline scenarios
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities
- Comprehensive Midwifery Care: Provide care across all stages of pregnancy, intrapartum, and postnatal periods for a caseload of women.
- Promote Birth Choices: Actively support and facilitate homebirth, DOMINO, and birth centre care options for women.
- Collaborative Care: Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure safe and high-standard care for mothers and babies.
- Skill Development: Continuously develop and maintain midwifery skills in line with best practices.
- Role Development: Contribute to the development of midwifery practice and the introduction of new roles within the service.
- Drug Administration: Safely manage and administer medications in accordance with Trust policies and statutory regulations.
Professional Responsibilities
- Adhere to NMC Standards: Uphold the NMC Code of Conduct and work within the Trust’s policies and protocols.
- Effective Communication: Maintain strong relationships within the midwifery team and with other healthcare professionals.
- Continuous Professional Development: Engage in ongoing learning and attend mandatory training to maintain and enhance clinical skills.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife
Desirable criteria
- NIPE Trained
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently
- Able to work within Trust guidelines, and in conjunction with local and national policies and procedures.
- Able to manage a caseload
- Able to work on call shifts
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathryn Stanley
- Job title
- Team Leader for the Homebirth Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07824460427
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