Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively, utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you. Main duties of the job Are you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births? You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call manager's rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unit Successful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development team About us Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year. We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment. We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants. Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained. Date posted 28 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number TEMP_500 Job locations Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Moat Road Walsall WS2 9PS Job description Job responsibilities Are you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively,utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you. You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call managers rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unit Successful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development team Job description Job responsibilities Are you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively,utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you. You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call managers rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unit Successful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development team Person Specification Skills Essential managment experience Desirable nipe qualification Experience Essential community and mlu based experience Desirable leadership Knowledge Essential managment of a team experience of HR occ health sickness training reviews Desirable experience of an on call system Person Specification Skills Essential managment experience Desirable nipe qualification Experience Essential community and mlu based experience Desirable leadership Knowledge Essential managment of a team experience of HR occ health sickness training reviews Desirable experience of an on call system 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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). Employer details Employer name Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Address Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Moat Road Walsall WS2 9PS Employer's website https://walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)