Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 3 years
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-26-7997418-DWNH
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Womens Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/07/2026
Employer heading
Trainee Advanced Midwifery Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Flexible working:
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Compassionate and motivated midwife with a strong commitment to delivering safe, evidence-based, and woman-centred care across maternity services.
Experienced in supporting women with complex pregnancy needs, working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining high standards of clinical practice in fast-paced environments.
Keen to further develop within the role of Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Midwife in Acute Outpatients and Maternal Medicine, with a clear understanding of the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrates strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills, with a proactive approach to managing complex care and promoting positive maternal outcomes.
Passionate about contributing to service improvement initiatives, supporting and educating colleagues and women in their care, and engaging in evidence-based practice to enhance quality and safety within maternity services.
A reflective and adaptable practitioner with excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills, committed to continuous professional development and delivering complex comprehensive, compassionate and holistic care.
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Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For wider understanding please refer to the HEE Advanced Clinical Practice Midwifery Capability Framework
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Midwifery degree
- Committed to participation and completion of MSc Advanced Practice, including non-medical prescribing module within the MSc
- Committed to participate and complete the Trust AMP competency program
- BLS or ALS AND NLS provider
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge, experience and competence in complex maternity care with significant midwifery experience
- Core HDU Skills /competencies or equivalent clinical competencies/knowledge of which are relative to general maternity care, physiological changes associated with pregnancy including parameters and limitations, enhanced maternity care, pregnancy specific complexities and recognition of, and response to, the deteriorating patient
- Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of local and national policy/reviews relating to service provision for maternity services
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the audit/research process, and relevance to clinical practice
- Evidence of service audit/quality improvement /research to improve practice
- Evidence of application of clinical judgement and decision making to ensure outstanding patient care
- Evidence of completion of leadership development package, or equivalent leadership role
- Knowledge & understanding of the Framework of Advanced Practice & Four Pillars of Advanced practice
- Proven ability to work within a multi-professional team, including evidence of regularly working with people at consultant and senior midwifery/AMP level
- Be able to meet the demands of shift working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Watson
- Job title
- Advanced Midwifery Practitioner, Maternal Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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