Considering a career in midwifery?

Considering a career in midwifery in Humber and North Yorkshire?

If you’re passionate about caring for people and want to play a vital role at the very beginning of a family’s journey, supporting women, birthing people, and their families through pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period, then a career in maternity could be the perfect path for you.

What is midwifery?

Midwives provide care, advice, and support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

Support informed choices and provide health education and parenting advice.
Lead professional for antenatal care.
Conduct clinical examinations, screenings, and parenting classes.
Identify and manage high-risk pregnancies.
Educate parents post-birth with feeding, safe sleep, newborn care and wellbeing.
Are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Within the Humber and North Yorkshire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) there are roles in each of the three Provider NHS Trusts – Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) , Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) and York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (YSTHFT) . Our virtual hospital tour videos can be viewed here.

Our vision for Humber and North Yorkshire is to have a full establishment of maternity professionals, reflective of our diverse local populations, who feel encouraged and supported to develop and progress in their chosen careers.

We are creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as part of our commitment to improve healthcare career opportunities for everyone, we treat all applicants fairly and consistently. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or personal circumstances.