The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

East Herts Bookings team Midwife

The closing date is 05 August 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, committed community midwifery bookings team based at Herts and Essex Hospital and surrounding areas.

We are looking to appoint highly motivated and enthusiastic midwives who are able to demonstrate that they are a team player, with excellent communication skills and a genuine passion for midwifery.

We are looking for midwives that will put women and their families first and deliver a safe quality service, ensuring The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is the preferred place of birth as well as the preferred place of employment.

All staff who are employed by PAH will have an additional fringe London Weighting payment added to their salary

Main duties of the job

An opportunity to work within the community setting as part of a maternity bookings team for out of area women and birthing people, providing high quality, individualised and woman centred care in the antenatal period.

Within the community, you will be required to do on calls to support the homebirth service. This is an excellent opportunity for a midwife to develop skills, knowledge and experience within the community setting. Full induction and support will be provided.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

292-7074907-CHWS

Job locations

Herts and Essex Hospital and surrounding areas within hospital catchment

Harlow and surrounding areas

CM20 1QX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC Registered Midwife qualification
  • Evidence of management, continued professional development and its application

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification/PA

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working within the community setting
  • Ability to manage a caseload of women with minimal support utilising planning and organisational skills

Desirable

  • Homebirth experience

Skills and knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent documentation and record keeping skills
  • Demonstrate commitment to helping to provide equitable services for all health service users and NHS staff
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current NMC Registered Midwife qualification
  • Evidence of management, continued professional development and its application

Desirable

  • Teaching qualification/PA

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working within the community setting
  • Ability to manage a caseload of women with minimal support utilising planning and organisational skills

Desirable

  • Homebirth experience

Skills and knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent documentation and record keeping skills
  • Demonstrate commitment to helping to provide equitable services for all health service users and NHS staff

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Herts and Essex Hospital and surrounding areas within hospital catchment

Harlow and surrounding areas

CM20 1QX


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Herts and Essex Hospital and surrounding areas within hospital catchment

Harlow and surrounding areas

CM20 1QX


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Outpatient Midwifery Matron

Jenna Gould

jenna.gould@nhs.net

01279978989

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

292-7074907-CHWS

Job locations

Herts and Essex Hospital and surrounding areas within hospital catchment

Harlow and surrounding areas

CM20 1QX


Supporting documents

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