Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for midwives who are passionate about supporting women to birth in low-risk settings, and who can demonstrate excellence, kindness and compassion, to come and join our new team of experienced midwives providing excellent low-risk care.

Team Lunar midwives each care for a caseload of women who are planning home births, providing continuity of care at home throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. They will also support women who choose to birth on The Nest, our beautiful, alongside midwife-led unit, providing intrapartum and postnatal care. Team Lunar midwives will also support our post-dates aromatherapy clinics. Team Lunar will be based on The Nest, working in a shift-model, with no current requirement to be on-call from home.

The maternity team at Warrington are a friendly, welcoming team with a passion for positive change. 

In 2021 the team were shortlisted for an HSJ Patient Safety Award and more recently were nominated for the regional Nursing and Midwifery Award at the 2022 NHS Parliamentary Awards. In 2024 CQC have rated our Maternity Services as “Good” and as a team, Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust prides itself on training and development opportunities which will be offered to the successful candidate based on their needs and chosen future career pathway.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have varied post qualification midwifery practice. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills will be required as will the ability to demonstrate a passion for both continuity and for woman centred care. You will work across Warrington and Halton and will need access to your own vehicle.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.