Community Midwife - Band 6

Main area Maternity Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours available. Minimum hours depends upon experience) Job ref 321-SW- -B6-EXT

Site Wallingford Community Hospital Town Wallingford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/11/ :59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital , Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

Job overview

Wallingford Midwifery Led Unit is part of the Wallingford community hospital. It has a wonderful, homely atmosphere with a birthing pool room for women choosing to birth in the community. There is a small yet dedicated team of midwives and support workers who provide care for birthing people and their families in the surrounding area. Wallingford is a lovely town in South Oxfordshire, ideal for families and ongoing transport links to London and the South coast.

Across Oxfordshire, we have four freestanding birth centres located in Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage, and Wallingford alongside a homebirth service. Our community birth rate is above the current national average at 5%.

As a member of the Wallingford team, you will join the community on-call rota to support the

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