Community Lead Midwife | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

AtUniversity Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD), approximately4,000 babies are born across our conurbation each year.

We are delighted to share thatour maternity services are now located within the brand-new BEACH Building at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, following a successful and well-planned move. This state-of-the-art facility marks a new chapter for maternity care at UHD, offering an exceptional environment for both patients and staff.

As part of our dedicated team, you will be joining a service that embraces our core values and continues to build on our vision of making UHDthe place patients and staff want to be a part of.

The role ofCommunity Lead Midwife is an exciting opportunity for professional growth and leadership development. You will be part of a compassionate, skilled, and forward-thinking team that strives to deliverexceptional care together, for every person who needs us — a commitment that remains at the heart of everything we do.

As aUniversity Trust, we are deeply committed to learning, teaching, and training. From your first day and throughout your career, we will support you to grow and achieve your full potential. UHD is avibrant and inclusive organisation, and we are proud to treat both our patients and colleagues with the same compassion, respect, and empathy we would expect for ourselves.

Interview Date

11th June 2026

We are looking for a Lead Community Midwife to join our established community team, with a focus on providing high-quality, safe, and compassionate care to women, birthing people, and families across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal journey.

The role will involve working collaboratively with the community midwifery teams to promote the health and wellbeing of our service users and staff, ensuring continuity of care, effective coordination of caseloads, and reduction of avoidable risks and delays in care provision.

You will provide visible leadership and clinical support to community midwives, maternity support workers, students, and newly qualified staff, fostering professional development and confidence in key clinical skills.

The post holder will support safe staffing and service delivery, responding to changes in community demand, supporting escalation processes, managing staff absence, and ensuring smooth communication between community teams and hospital-based services. You will also participate in clinical care when required to maintain safe and effective service provision and uphold excellent standards of maternity care in line with trust values and national guidance.

In addition, you will be expected to participate in theon-call homebirth service overnight, providing skilled midwifery support to women and birthing people choosing to give birth at home, ensuring timely, safe, and personalised care.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, DEN, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026

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