Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

Homebirth Lead (Band 7)

The number of women choosing to have their babies at home in Kingston is presently 2.8% of births.  The National average is 1.9%.  We support personalised care planning.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 midwife who is passionate about physiological birth to help lead our well-established homebirth team.

We are looking for an inspirational and dedicated leader to continue supporting the growth of the Homebirth Team and to:

• Provide expert knowledge in the physiological birth and ensure practice is evidence based
• Be visible, credible and confident in all areas

Kingston Maternity is a popular service with approximately 5000 births per annum.  Findings from the Care Quality Commission’s National Maternity Survey 2022 have recently been released, placing Kingston Hospital’s maternity service as one of the top performing maternity services in London.  The Care Quality Commission rated Kingston Hospital’s Maternity Service as ‘good’ in 2024 and the Trust ‘outstanding’ in 2019, with staff positive about the hospital and the services they were able to offer women and their families. Leadership is strong and well respected and there is a culture of learning and a desire to improve the service.

Interview Date:  Wednesday 4th June 2025

Main duties of the job

Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme, and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.

Ensure expert knowledge in physiological birth and that practice is evidence based and contemporary, whilst taking account of the woman’s individual needs and risk factors

Be a visible, credible, and confident in all clinical areas

Provide expert clinical knowledge and experience of providing midwifery led care for birth within the home

Follow midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with medical staff in the implementation of client care, reporting and recording any deviations from Trust protocols/guidelines

Ensure women requesting care outside local and national recommendations are referred appropriately for additional care planning

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women, please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.

Please see the job description before making your application.

Please be aware that this post requires you to work a mixture of day and night shifts, weekends, and bank holidays with an on-call requirement.

Working for our organisation

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us.  After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.  From the moment you join us,  we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment.  Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.  We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme,  and a range of other support and activities. 

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are.  We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring