Job summary
Join Our Team: Community Midwives Positions Available

The NCA is excited to announce openings for midwives to join our friendly and supportive community midwifery team. We are seeking dedicated professionals to provide exceptional care within the full spectrum of community midwifery services including the provision of intrapartum care at home and on our alongside midwifery led birth centre.

Main duties of the job
We are recruiting dedicated midwives to provide comprehensive antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care within community settings and on the alongside midwifery led birth centre.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality midwifery care during antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods in the community and on the birth centre ensuring the highest standard of care for women and their families through efficient use of available resources
• Promote equality, diversity, and rights for women and families throughout their care journey
• Assess the health and wellbeing needs of women and babies, particularly when those needs are complex

For detailed information about the role, please refer to the uploaded Job Description. If you are passionate about providing exceptional care in a community setting, we encourage you to apply and be part of our dedicated team

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Details
Date posted: 07 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 236-FAC-NM613-26-A
Job locations: Oldham & Rochdale, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification
Professional Registration & Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
• Degree / Diploma in Midwifery

Desirable

• NIPE Qualification

Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential

• Completed Band 5 Midwifery Preceptorship
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills
• Evidence of CPD
• IT Skills
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs

Desirable

• Practice Assessor
• Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

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).

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Oldham & Rochdale, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Community Manager, Claire Timms, Claire.timms@nca.nhs.uk, 07980907505