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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
Full and part time hours available
Job ref
214-W&C-7188952-A
Employer
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's Mill Hospital
Town
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/09/2025 23:59

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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Registered Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 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 and 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.

Job overview

We currently have exciting opportunities for dynamic Midwives to join our supportive and forward-thinking midwifery team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are recruiting for a range of roles, including:

  • Triage Team 
  • Planned Care Team  – supporting the elective caesarean section and induction of labour pathways
  • Ward-Based Discharge  – facilitating women’s discharges between 9am–5pm
  • Core Labour Suite 

As a successful candidate, you will benefit from a comprehensive induction programme and our generous annual in-service training programme, designed to support your professional development.

You will work collaboratively within a service that is both supportive and empowering, and be part of a team that values professionalism, reliability, compassion, and safety. We are looking for individuals with excellent communication skills and a progressive attitude towards the continual improvement of patient care through evidence-based practice. 

We welcome informal enquiries – please feel free to call and discuss the exciting opportunities available.

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

We are an award-winning NHS 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 NHS 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’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. 

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

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in all clinical settings
  • Understanding of cultural diversity
  • Good understanding and experience with safeguarding policies and working with vulnerable families

Qualification & Further Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Diploma/Degree level or equivalent
  • Further professional development
  • Mentor/Teaching Qualification/equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • NIPE trained
  • Leadership course/equivalent
  • NLS/ALS course
  • PROMPT Training

Skills & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post registration experience
Desirable criteria
  • Lone working
  • Time Management
  • Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual requirements

Essential criteria
  • NMC registration
  • Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
  • Ability to travel between sites
  • To work flexibly to the requirements of the post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodCarer Friendly Employer 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare4NottsTime to changeFair Train Silver StandardStep into healthNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Parker
Job title
Lead Midwife for Recruitment and Retention
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01623 622515
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