Job summary
Band 5/6 Midwife Recruitment Event- Thursday 12th June 2025- 15:00-19:00
Maternity Training and Simulation Room
Princess of Wales Building
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
B9 5SS
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 and Band 6 Midwives to join the dynamic Maternity team at UHB- Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals
As part of our ongoing recruitment strategy, we are proud to offer midwifery roles within an integrated model of care, spanning both community and inpatient clinical areas. This approach ensures a well-rounded experience and enables our midwives to deliver safe, high-quality, and personalised care across the full maternity pathway.
At UHB, We have:
A well-established Clinical Support Team
A robust Preceptorship Programme
Ongoing training, development, and mentorship opportunities
Whether you're a 3rd-year Student Midwife, a Newly Qualified Midwife, Return to practice or an Experienced Midwife looking for a new challenge, we would love to meet you!
Come and tour our unit, meet our inspiring Midwifery team, and hear first-hand what it's like to be a UHB Midwife. This is a fantastic opportunity to:
Gain insight into our services and integrated care model
Discover the support available in your role
Explore our commitment to your professional development and career progression
Take the first step toward an exciting and rewarding career at UHB. Where your skills are valued, and your growth is supported every step of the way.
Main duties of the job
Please submit your application as soon as possible to be considered. Midwives interested in joining our UHB team will be interviewed on the day, so please come prepared:
Apply online prior to attending
Bring photographic ID for verification
Be interview-ready -- interview slots will be allocated on the day
Applicants must hold relevant NMC UK registration or be a 3rd-year student midwife trained within the UK and currently working towards completion of their degree.
We look forward to welcoming you and helping you take the next exciting step in your midwifery career.
Please note: You will be unable to attend an interview unless you have submitted an application form prior to the event.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC
- Professional register
Experience
Essential
- Completion of pre or post registration
- midwifery programme
- Return to midwifery practice
- Ability to work autonomously within
- professional and Trust guidelines
- Able to take the professional lead in
- caring for low risk women
- Knowledge of needs of high and low risk
- women and neonates
- Knowledge of child protection issues and
- when to take action
- Knowledge to competently perform and
- interpret fetal heart auscultation,
- cardiotocography
- Knowledge to safely use medical devices
- and other equipment required for
- practice
- Knowledge of legal and ethical principles
- in midwifery for choice, consent, client
- autonomy
- Knowledge to safely manage epidurals in
- labour
- Understanding of risk management
- Able to enter data on computer for
- notification of births, and patient records
- Able to collect data for statistics audit
- Able to use computer package to
- generate growth charts
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Have a high level of commitment,
- motivation, innovation and initiative
- When new entrant, able to work with
- guidance for the preceptorship period
- Ability to prioritise
- Must be willing to work cross site
- Must be able to work shifts including
- weekends, Bank Holidays etc.
Desirable
- Able to ask for support
- Good problem solving and decision making
- skills
- Have confidence to be an effective advocate for
- women
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC
- Professional register
Experience
Essential
- Completion of pre or post registration
- midwifery programme
- Return to midwifery practice
- Ability to work autonomously within
- professional and Trust guidelines
- Able to take the professional lead in
- caring for low risk women
- Knowledge of needs of high and low risk
- women and neonates
- Knowledge of child protection issues and
- when to take action
- Knowledge to competently perform and
- interpret fetal heart auscultation,
- cardiotocography
- Knowledge to safely use medical devices
- and other equipment required for
- practice
- Knowledge of legal and ethical principles
- in midwifery for choice, consent, client
- autonomy
- Knowledge to safely manage epidurals in
- labour
- Understanding of risk management
- Able to enter data on computer for
- notification of births, and patient records
- Able to collect data for statistics audit
- Able to use computer package to
- generate growth charts
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Have a high level of commitment,
- motivation, innovation and initiative
- When new entrant, able to work with
- guidance for the preceptorship period
- Ability to prioritise
- Must be willing to work cross site
- Must be able to work shifts including
- weekends, Bank Holidays etc.
Desirable
- Able to ask for support
- Good problem solving and decision making
- skills
- Have confidence to be an effective advocate for
- women
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
