Job Overview Are you a passionate and dedicated Registered Midwife looking for an exciting new challenge? We invite you to join our progressive and compassionate Maternity Services team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). We currently have Band 6 Midwife positions available across our Community Midwifery Service in Derbyshire. About Us Our Maternity Services are designed with the woman, baby, and family at the heart of everything we do. At UHDB we birth 700 babies across both sites and with our Homebirth Service per month, providing high-quality, personalised care to a diverse population with varying medical and social needs. You will have the opportunity to work alongside a highly skilled team of Specialist Midwives, Consultant Midwives, and the wider Multi Professional team, gaining invaluable experience in supporting women through normal pregnancies, physiological births, and complex pregnancies. You should hold a full UK driving licence. Main duties of the job Our Community Midwifery teams are GP caseload holding, providing antenatal and postnatal care, as well as supporting a 24-hour homebirth service. Each midwife has an allocated caseload, and we maximise locality working by utilising children's centres, community hospitals and public buildings. Our Community midwifery service supports a wide geographical area There are 7 community teams based across Staffordshire and Derbyshire as well 2 continuity of carer teams. Community midwives benefit from working within small, well-led teams. We also provide care to the women housed in the Foston Prison Service. We are looking for midwives who have the ability to assess and plan care for women in all aspects of midwifery care with awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child protection procedures. Who can also demonstrate midwifery skills underpinned by current evidence, to include suturing, venepuncture, perineal repair and have experience of caring for women in low risk settings including home births and waterbirths. We can offer posts within community and welcome candidates who may wish to consider a dual contract between community and acute midwifery services. We are also able to offer family friendly flexible working arrangements with full time or part time hours. This position will include On-Call, Weekend and Night working obligations. Closing date of applications: 13 January 2026 Interview date: 27 January 2026 Working for our organisation As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In Return We Will Offer Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day. We are the 4 th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day. UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Detailed job description and main responsibilities: Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account. Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship Impacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers Person specification Education Essential Criteria Registered Midwife Evidence of continuing professional development Desirable criteria An awareness of current national policy that impacts on midwifery practice Teaching & Assessing/ENB997/SLAIP Skills Essential criteria Has a current UK driving licence Experience & Knowledge Essential criteria Broad range of midwifery experience since qualification Desirable criteria Experience of working within Community Maternity services Experience in caring for women in low risk settings including homebirth and waterbirths