Community Midwife

Job Overview

Please note this post is fixed term to cover Maternity Leave

Do you consider caring with compassion to be fundamental to your role?

This role is based in the Lake District, England’s largest National Park, offering an inspiring setting for a fulfilling career in midwifery.

We are recruiting enthusiastic, highly motivated community midwives/birth centre midwives to join our dedicated, forward‑thinking professional team which serves a wide rural and urban area.

• Reliable, flexible and motivated with excellent clinical skills.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and development.
• Commitment to delivering high‑quality care and embracing positive change.
• Passion for providing home birth and births within a birth centre.

We are committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements and professional development.

• Work autonomously within a community setting as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Maintain positive relationships with team members to ensure safe, women‑centred maternity care.
• Provide high‑quality, women‑centred maternity care with effective leadership.
• Optimise teaching opportunities and support all grades of staff.
• Deliver appropriate education and advice to women and families throughout pregnancy.
• Ensure appropriate referrals to specialist services and other agencies where needed.

Our services are based across Furness General Hospital, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Westmorland General Hospital and several community health sites.

We are dedicated to becoming a truly inclusive organisation, celebrating diversity, eliminating discrimination, and promoting equal opportunities for all colleagues and patients.

• Registered Midwife.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Current driving licence.
• First‑level degree in a relevant field.

• Clinical competence to work autonomously within a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and prioritise care needs.

• Committed to CPD for self and others.
• Knowledge of research methodology.
• Understanding of the role of Research and Development.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where possible to enable staff to balance work and home life.

The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Applicants must meet the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Anyone newly appointed to the Trust will undergo a satisfactory six‑month probationary period.