Community Midwife - Homebirth Team

Department: Maternity Services

Band: 6

Hours: Full-time 37.5hrs (part time/job share will be considered) – plus participation in the Homebirth Team on-call rota

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate midwife to join our dedicated Homebirth Team.

This is a unique opportunity to support women and families choosing homebirth, providing personalised, evidence-based maternity care throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

As a Community Midwife within the Homebirth Team, you will develop meaningful relationships with women and families, promoting continuity of care, informed choice and shared decision-making.

Working as part of a small, supportive and highly skilled team, you will provide antenatal and postnatal care within the community and contribute to the delivery of safe, high-quality homebirth services. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues across maternity, neonatal and wider community services to ensure an exceptional experience for women and their families.

For an informal discussion regarding this exciting opportunity, please contact: Nikki Hilton

Maternity Matron – Community Nicola.Hilton@mkuh.nhs.uk

Interview: Week commencing 23/11/2026

The role includes participation in the Homebirth Team on-call rota and offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills and expertise in supporting homebirth and community-based maternity care.

You will be encouraged to contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, clinical audit and the ongoing advancement of personalised maternity care within our service.

The post holder will work as a member of the team, providing and leading midwifery care to the service users and families accessing the services at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS.

The postholder will maintain own clinical skills and competencies and have excellent communication skills. The postholder will work within the NMC Code of professional standards and behaviour, and Trust guidelines and procedures.

The postholder will work within the multiprofessional team and will be responsible for the delivery of safe, effective and evidence-based care midwifery care for service users attending the Milton Keynes University Hospital.

The postholder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of evaluation of midwifery care needs of the individual in the community setting.

The postholder will provide accurate, unbiased, non-judgemental evidence-based information to both the multiprofessional team and service users.

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre. We have just opened the Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards.

Further investment is underway, including the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola (Nikki) Hilton Job title: Community Matron - Maternity Email address: nicola.hilton@mkuh.nhs.uk