About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available to work in the Antenatal Clinic and Day Assessment Unit at Worcester Maternity Hub as a Band 6 Midwife. This opportunity consists of part time contract incorporating 30 hours per week. We are looking for a compassionate Midwife with excellent communication skills to manage high risk pregnancies. The care will be evidence based and you will help the team to coordinate multidisciplinary collaboration to maintain best outcomes for birthing people and babies.
If you have applied to our recent midwife job advert in the last 3 months, you will have already been assessed, and so there is no need to reapply to this job advert.
Please be aware that this recruitment process will be a 2 phase assessment process to select the most suitable candidate.
Phase 1 interview will be held on the 9th November 2026.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be required to assess and provide the full range of care needs to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies.
Driving our commitment to local families and babies are the Trust-wide values:
Being open and honest Ensuring people feel cared for Showing respect for everyone
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for Band 6 Midwives to view the full details for this opportunity at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications and skills. If there are a large amount of applications, it is vital that you also aim to evidence any desirable criteria to show case your suitability for this position.
Person Specification
Motivation and Commitment to the Organisation Essential
1) Please explain why you would like to work at Worcester Acute Hospital Trust and what attracts you to this organisation 2) Please demonstrate your passion and long term investment within the Antenatal and Maternity Day Unit care setting
Other Job Requirements Essential
1) Ability to undertake manual handling and movement tasks 2) Please provide examples of your flexibility, reliability and adaptability, including your ability to work across a 7 day service 3) Professional appearance in line with Trust Uniform Policy
Experience Essential
1) Experience in all areas of midwifery Practice within a UK Maternity setting 2) Good organisational / time management skills 3) Experience of supporting staff and delegation
Desirable
1) Experience working within Maternity Day Assessment Unit and Antenatal Clinic
Qualifications Essential
1) BSc (Hons) Midwifery or equivalent qualification 2) UK NMC registration as a midwife 3) Practice supervisor or Assessor training
Desirable
1) Advanced Midwifery studies 2) NIPE qualification
Knowledge and Skills Essential
1) Please demonstrate how as a midwife you ensure your practice is guided by current evidence based practice and the importance of this. 2) Please give examples of how you prioritise your workload effectively and work collaboratively within part of a team
Desirable
1) Competent in IV Cannulation 2) Competent in IV drug administration
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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)