Would you like to become a Neighbourhood Midwife?

Would you like the opportunity to work with a like-minded group of midwives?

Our approach

Our vision is for every woman to have the choice of a positive experience of childbirth supported by a midwife she knows and trusts. At Neighbourhood Midwives women get to know and trust their midwife; and importantly midwives have time to really get to know their clients and their families.

Our midwives offer safe, effective care throughout the antenatal period, birth and for six weeks postnatally. Working in small, local practices, each midwife looks after her own caseload of women.

We have created a simple, flat management structure which puts our community-based midwifery practices at its heart. The central management team will offer support as needed and each local practice will have administrative help. Within each practice, one midwife will act as the clinical lead and will carry a reduced caseload to enable her to manage this additional role effectively.

We have developed effective governance structures, supported by a robust IT system, to support excellence in practice.  Our evidence-based clinical guidelines are woman-centred and reflect best midwifery practice.

Our offer to you

Conceived and developed by midwives, Neighbourhood Midwives offers a new and unique service with benefits for both women and midwives:

• We provide our midwives with a nurturing and supportive culture, based on strong principles and values, to enable them to be safe, skilled, confident and autonomous practitioners. 
• We are a 100% employee-owned midwifery mutual where every employee has a say in how we develop through ‘one member one vote’ and representation at board level.
• As an NM midwife, you will be able to organise your work/life balance. There will be a consistent cap on the maximum number in your caseload which ensures you have the time to develop meaningful relationships with the women you care for and the colleagues you work with. You will be able to arrange your working week in consultation and partnership with your colleagues to create flexible and imaginative ways of ensuring continuity for the women in your care.
• We offer a competitive salary, 9 weeks holiday a year and 24 hour protected off call each week. We provide a workplace pension and – as an employee-owned enterprise – we have a share incentive plan which is unique in midwifery.