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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Rotational Midwife

The closing date is 03 December 2026

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Job summary

We are seeking experienced Band 6 Midwives to join our supportive maternity team. This varied role offers opportunities to develop your career across community, midwifery-led, inpatient and specialist maternity services. You'll rotate through:

o Community and Continuity of Carer Teamso Midwifery Led Units at St Michael's and Weston Hospitalso Ante/Postnatal Wardo Central Delivery Suiteo Transitional Care Unito Maternity Triage Unit

Our Community Teams and Midwifery Led Units provide opportunities to support low-risk pregnancies, births and postnatal care, building meaningful relationships with families and delivering personalised care. You'll also gain exposure to specialist maternity services within the South West's major tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit.

Our service offers one of the widest ranges of midwifery experiences within a single Trust, enabling you to develop your skills across multiple settings throughout your career. We are proud to offer exceptional career development opportunities, with many of our Band 6 midwives progressing into specialist and leadership roles.

Please note: This vacancy is open to midwives with post-registration experience, able to practise at Band 6 level. Newly qualified midwives, students awaiting PIN and candidates requiring Band 5 preceptorship are not eligible.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

Join a maternity service that actively invests in its people. With four continuity teams, a Midwifery-Led Unit, specialist maternity services and a homebirth service all within one Trust, you'll gain exposure to an exceptional breadth of midwifery practice.

• Be able to demonstrate leadership and management skills
• Be flexible with a caring attitude, rotating throughout the maternity departments and to be a part of the on-call service we provide.
• Have excellent and extended clinical skills
• Be able to develop clinical skills and participate in continuing their professional development.
• Have experience in solving problems and using initiative.
• Have the ability to take the lead when caring for women and their babies, identifying any deterioration from normal and escalating appropriately.
• Be able to communicate and work together in a multidisciplinary team.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details

Date posted

06 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

387-TA-W&C8441-JN-3

Job locations

St Michael's Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Consolidation of practice as a Band 6 Midwife

Desirable

• Extended clinical midwifery skills

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with NMC pin
• Assessors & mentors qualification

Desirable

• Assessing in Practice Level 2 or Teaching and Assessing in Practice Level 3 or equiv.

Personal Aptitudes

Essential

• Motivation and enthusiasm
• Innovative
• Flexible approach to duties/shifts

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Evidence of teaching skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise care/client needs within research based approach

Desirable

• Ability to support and act up for Band 7
• Mobile, with the ability to travel within and around Bristol (essential whilst working in Community)

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Consolidation of practice as a Band 6 Midwife

Desirable

• Extended clinical midwifery skills

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with NMC pin
• Assessors & mentors qualification

Desirable

• Assessing in Practice Level 2 or Teaching and Assessing in Practice Level 3 or equiv.

Personal Aptitudes

Essential

• Motivation and enthusiasm
• Innovative
• Flexible approach to duties/shifts

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Evidence of teaching skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise care/client needs within research based approach

Desirable

• Ability to support and act up for Band 7
• Mobile, with the ability to travel within and around Bristol (essential whilst working in Community)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Michael's Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Michael's Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Midwifery Recruitment

Midwifery Recruitment Team

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

06 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

387-TA-W&C8441-JN-3

Job locations

St Michael's Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

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