Job summary
- Main area
- Midwife
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: 30 hours per week
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (flexible working pattern including on calls)
- Job ref
- 374-LL0199
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Conquest Hospital
- Town
- Hastings
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Continuity Team Midwife - Ivy Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
East Sussex Healthcare Trust is offering the opportunity to join our Continuity of Carer Ivy midwifery team and is seeking enthusiastic midwives, passionate about promoting continuity and providing homebirths. Eastbourne and Hastings is on the South East Coast of England with its beautiful seaside towns and villages, a stones through away from the beautiful countryside of the South Downs and Kent. A perfect place to work.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and highly motivated midwife to join our continuity team. This is an exciting opportunity for a practitioner who is passionate about delivering high‑quality, personalised, relationship‑based care to a diverse and often vulnerable caseload.
The post holder will work within a continuity of carer model, supporting pregnant people and families throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. You will provide care across a range of settings, including at home, in our birth centre and within the obstetric unit, ensuring safe and seamless care pathways.
You will also provide support within the acute unit as required during periods of escalation.
This role is ideal for a midwife committed to equity, inclusion, enhanced continuity, and supporting people with additional needs or complexities.
A full UK driving license is required and ability to travel independently between sites in timely manner.
Main duties of the job
You will hold a dedicated caseload and provide personalised continuity of care to individuals planning to birth at home as well as those with a range of social, emotional or medical vulnerabilities. Your caseload will include, but is not limited to:
- Pregnant people planning homebirth
- Individuals requiring interpreter support
- Asylum seekers or refugees
- Those who have experienced a previous stillbirth
- Families with involvement from children’s services
- Pregnant people with complex psychosocial circumstances
- Individuals with severe or enduring mental health needs
You will build trusting relationships that enhance safety, promote choice, and support positive birth experiences—particularly for groups who may experience barriers accessing maternity care.
We are seeking a midwife who is:
- Passionate about relationship‑based continuity models
- Committed to personalised care, informed choice, and equity
- Confident supporting homebirths and community‑based care
- Skilled in providing care to families with complex social, emotional or mental health needs
- Trauma‑informed and culturally sensitive in their approach
- Keen to work collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary environment
- Flexible and responsive to the needs of the caseload
- Enthusiastic about improving outcomes for underserved communities
- Compassionate, adaptable and motivated by making a meaningful difference
- Able to support the acute unit during escalation with confidence and professionalism
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife on the NMC register
- Ability to undertaken further training
- Diploma level qualification
- IT literate
Desirable criteria
- D32/33 Teaching and clinical assessment (formally ENB 997/998)
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1 years previous clinical experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrate interest in developing midwifery practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking project work
- Experience of working in a community setting providing personalised care to patients.
- Experience of providing labour care in an out of hospital birth setting
- Experience of virtual communication including the use of Microsoft Teams
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to carry out full range of midwifery practice including extended skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Understanding of the new NHS and the opportunities it offers
- Effective and adaptable interpersonal and organisational skill
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of quality, audit, research
- Understanding of child protection issues
- Understanding of pathways to liaise with external community services.
Other
Essential criteria
- Own car and valid driving license
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Sharon Foster
- Job title
- Ivy Team Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07580846632
- Additional information
Alice Robinson-Jeavons
Deputy Head of Midwifery - community
07753584668
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