Job summary
Kingston Hospital is looking for caring, enthusiastic, and talented midwives to join our team. We have opportunities for senior midwives (Band 6) to join our Maternity Team.

Kingston Maternity is a friendly, welcoming and supportive unit, and a popular choice for our local population, caring for around 5200 birthing people per annum. We are proud to support a full range of birth options including our established birth centre and home birth teams. Our service is funded to a ratio of 1 midwife to 22.3 women, enabling high quality, midwifery focused care to be provided. The birth centre team are skilled in aromatherapy, and biomechanics and the rooms have birthing couches and pools. We promote a philosophy of holistic, woman-centred care in all birthing areas.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain a high standard of woman focused care in accordance with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures across all clinical areas as required.
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of maternity care for women ensuring accurate documentation is kept.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Communicate with women and their partners to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
• Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the woman.
• Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct.
• Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands.

Education and Training
Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.

This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.

About us
Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.

The most recent National Maternity Survey has rated Kingston as one of the top 5 best performing maternity services within London. The CQC rated Kingston Hospital's Maternity Service as 'good' in 2022 and the Trust 'outstanding' in 2019, with staff positive about the hospital and the services they were able to offer women and their families. Leadership is strong and well respected and there is a culture of learning and a desire to improve the service.

Trust Values

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc HCAS (pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Closing date: 28 October 2026
Reference number: 396-8325652-PB-TA

Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Midwife with NMC registration
• Commitment to professional development and evidence of CPD

Experience (Essential)

• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of working in all areas of maternity services

Knowledge (Essential)

• Demonstrate understanding of Trust values and Kingston Hospital
• Knowledge of statutory regulations governing midwifery

Skills (Essential)

• Demonstrates understanding of role boundaries and able to recognise when to escalate
• Demonstrates a family centred approach to care provision
• Ability to coordinate and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal skills along with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Employer details
Employer name: Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Maternity Unit, Galsworthy Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7QB, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Lead Midwives - Practice Development & Recruitment, Anita Mason and Natalie Breslin, krft.pdm@nhs.net, 02089342125

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.