Community Midwife | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,419 - £55,046 pa inclusive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, W2 1NY |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7854756/290-WCCS-2435 |
Summary
The Community Midwife provides holistic, evidence-based care to women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period. Working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams, the role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in line with Trust policies and NMC standards.
Responsibilities include promoting informed choice, supporting healthy lifestyles, facilitating parent education, and supervising junior staff and students.
The midwife ensures continuity of care, maintains accurate records, and contributes to clinical governance through audits and risk management. Strong leadership, communication, and clinical skills are essential to deliver safe, high-quality care within community and hospital settings.
• The midwife is responsible and accountable for his/her own midwifery practice.
• To work in partnership with women and their families, GP, obstetrician and other agencies to ensure optimum care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of mothers and babies in accordance with the Trust’s policies and guidelines.
• Strive for continuity of care and informed client choice within the limitations of the service.
• Facilitate the learning of midwifery skills through supervision, teaching an support.
• Actively promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle, advising and arranging support for women as required.
• Participate in parent information groups, facilitating preparation for childbirth and the postnatal period.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Friday 20 Mar 2026