Job summary
Join our dedicated maternity team and help make a difference at every stage of the maternity journey.

As a Midwife at Sherwood Forest Hospitals, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to women, birthing people, babies and their families by delivering high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate midwifery care throughout their maternity journey.

This exciting and rewarding role offers a varied clinical experience across our Sherwood Birthing Unit, Maternity Ward and Maternity Triage, enabling you to broaden your knowledge, enhance your clinical skills and continue to develop professionally. The rotational nature of the post provides valuable opportunities to gain experience across different maternity settings, with the option to become a core member of an individual team should this better suit your interests and career aspirations.

You will take an active role in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating personalised care, supporting families through every stage of the maternity pathway. Working both autonomously and collaboratively as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will champion safe, respectful and individualised care, helping to create positive experiences and achieve the best possible outcomes for women, birthing people and their babies.

If you are a passionate and dedicated midwife who wants to develop your skills, contribute to a supportive team and make a lasting difference to families, we would love to hear from you.

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.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

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.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 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: 214-W&C-8317360
Closing date: 29 October 2026

Person Specification
Knowledge

• Essential: Evidence of professional development
• Essential: Able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
• Desirable: Experience of working in all clinical settings
• Desirable: Understanding of cultural diversity
• Desirable: Good understanding and experience with safeguarding policies and working with vulnerable families

Qualification & Further Training

• Essential: Registered Midwife
• Essential: Diploma / Degree level or equivalent
• Essential: Further professional development
• Essential: Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent
• Desirable: NIPE trained
• Desirable: Leadership course / equivalent
• Desirable: NLS/ALS course
• Desirable: PROMPT Training

Skills & Experience

• Essential: Significant post registration experience
• Desirable: Lone working
• Desirable: Time Management
• Desirable: Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual requirements

• Essential: NMC registration
• Essential: Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
• Essential: Ability to travel between sites
• Essential: To work flexibly to the requirements of the post

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Midwife for Recruitment and Retention, Sharon Parker, sharon.parker13@nhs.net, 01623622515

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. 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.