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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Midwife

The closing date is 29 August 2025

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Job summary

Midwife Band 6

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an enthusiastic, band 6 Midwife to join the midwifery team.

This position is open to midwives who are interested in working within a Continuity of Carer model and are able to meet the challenge of delivering high standards of care, ensuring that each woman's journey to motherhood is an individualised experience.

We can offer an exciting and varied working environment both in the Community and Hospital settings.

If you are able to meet the challenge of delivering high standards of care, ensuring that each woman's journey to motherhood is an individualised experience, we would love you to join our team!

You must hold NMC midwifery registration.

You will be expected to be able to show evidence of current practice/updating.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Multi-professional team providing a high standard of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care to women and their families within the integrated maternity service. To work as part of a continuity of carer team or rotate within all clinical areas within maternity services to support professional development and maintain safe standards of midwifery care in line with service provision.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo

Details

Date posted

18 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year Pro Rata Per Annum (incl HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

384-TM-EMF17186/18586-B6

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. This midwife is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care and is designated to take charge regularly of a ward area or an equivalent sphere within midwifery in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. The post-holder will be required to work in both the community and the hospital across a 7 day service including night duties. The post-holder is expected to supervise junior staff and to be able to teach qualified and unqualified staff, including basic and/or post-basic students.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. This midwife is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care and is designated to take charge regularly of a ward area or an equivalent sphere within midwifery in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility. The post-holder will be required to work in both the community and the hospital across a 7 day service including night duties. The post-holder is expected to supervise junior staff and to be able to teach qualified and unqualified staff, including basic and/or post-basic students.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife - NMC
  • Diploma level or above midwifery qualification
  • Shows consolidation of experience through achievement of Competency Skills in midwifery.

Desirable

  • Teaching and Assessing qualification/ Mentor preparation course

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a practising midwife
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
  • Member of relevant professional body

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the community setting
  • Experience of managing a ward area
  • Experience of organising own workload and leading where appropriate
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife - NMC
  • Diploma level or above midwifery qualification
  • Shows consolidation of experience through achievement of Competency Skills in midwifery.

Desirable

  • Teaching and Assessing qualification/ Mentor preparation course

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a practising midwife
  • Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
  • Member of relevant professional body

Desirable

  • Experience of working within the community setting
  • Experience of managing a ward area
  • Experience of organising own workload and leading where appropriate

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

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Midwifery

Clare Cardu

01483571122

Details

Date posted

18 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year Pro Rata Per Annum (incl HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

384-TM-EMF17186/18586-B6

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX


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