Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5 and 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 214-W&C-7167059
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £29,970 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Community Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 5 and 6
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here annd know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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Job overview
Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking an experienced and highly motivated 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.
As a Community Midwife, you 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 work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary teams in an environment that is supportive and empowering. As a member of our team you will be professional, reliable, compassionate and safe with excellent communication skills and a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through evidence-based practice.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals we have a vibrant and varied multidisciplinary team providing high quality maternity care to around 4500 women per year (with a birth rate around 3200). Our recent CQC visit, in May 2020, rated the Trust as ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for Care for maternity services.
Apply now to join our team and make a difference in health care!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.
Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation.
We would love you to join us.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ALSO course/trainer
- Parent education
- NNLS
Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Diploma / Degree level or equivalent
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Professional development
- Evidence of Professional and research awareness
Desirable criteria
- Computer Literacy
- Risk Management (CNST)
- Clinical Governance
- Health and Safety issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration experience in all aspects of Midwifery care
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of tact and diplomacy
- Lone working
- Time Management
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
- Car Driver
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Johnson
- Job title
- Matron for Community & Outpatients
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07584771102
- Additional information
Melanie Johnson
Matron for Community & Outpatients
Email: [email protected]
Tel (01623) 622515 ext. 6237 or Mobile: 07584771102
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