Closing Date: 02 August 2026

Job Summary
The Antenatal and Newborn Screening Midwife is a rewarding and impactful role that supports pregnant people and their families throughout their screening journey, providing compassionate, evidence-based care and guidance during important and often emotional stages of pregnancy.

Working closely with the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Coordinator and multidisciplinary teams, the post holder helps deliver high-quality antenatal and newborn screening services that make a real difference to patient experience and outcomes.

This role offers the opportunity to develop specialist expertise, support staff learning and service improvement, and contribute to safe, effective, and family-centred maternity care within a supportive and collaborative environment.

Main Duties of the Job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About Us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details
Date posted: 17 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 214-W&C-7967240-A
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG17 4JL

Job Description
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Hospital Standards
Essential

• Treat everyone with respect, courtesy, and kindness
• Provide timely care and attention
• Listen, inform, and explain
• Team player
• Ability to work autonomously
• Enthusiastic
• Able to influence and communicate with Multiprofesional Team

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Public Health England and Government Policy and professional screening agenda

Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree or post graduate diploma
• Teaching and assessing qualification/ equivalent

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification/ experience in antenatal/ newborn screening

Further Training
Essential

• Up to date with National e-learning in relation to screening, Bereavement/ Breaking bad news

Desirable

• Counselling Course
• Genetic awareness

Experience
Essential

• Post registration experience, experience as Band 6 or above
• Implementation of change
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Worked within a screening environment
• Worked within a fetal medicine setting

Contractual requirements
Essential

• Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service

Desirable

• Experience of managing and developing colleagues

Specific Requirements
Essential

• Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations

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.

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

Employer Details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG17 4JL
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/

Employer Contact Details
For questions about the job, contact: Carolyn Ramsdale, Antenatal & Newborn Screening Coordinator
Email: carolyn.ramsdale@nhs.net
Phone: 01622622515