Newly Qualified Registered Midwife: Sponsorship Available

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified Midwife with an NMC PIN looking for a new opportunity? We’d love to hear from you!

We are also looking for 3rd year student midwives who will qualify in September 2026. You are eligible to apply for this position.

We have fixed term and substantive positions available. We can offer a robust induction and preceptorship package to support you to become confident.

Our service at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust provide a full range of obstetric services for those who live in the catchment of North Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. Our maternity department has 5200 births each year. Our involvement in world renowned research has led to the development of PROMPT. At our last CQC inspection, we were rated as ‘good’, meaning we are performing well and meeting expectations. We are fully committed to building on this success and we encourage all staff to have a voice and share ideas and innovations.

We have a consultant led Obstetric Unit with 2 HDU rooms, 9 birthing rooms and a pool room. Our antenatal ward hosts a Triage, day assessment area, induction of labour suite and inpatient ward. Our postnatal ward prides itself on giving high quality care for all.

You will be required to work a day/night shift pattern, to include being part of the on-call rota.

We encourage you to apply for this position promptly because the role may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

Main duties of the job

As a Rotational midwife, you will be joining a team of well-established professional and compassionate midwives, doctors, maternity support workers (MSW’s) and support staff committed to providing safe, high quality and personalised care. We can offer a variety of hospital and community-based rotations to build your expertise!

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

  • Fully supported preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives
  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
  • Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holiday’s
  • Physiotherapy Direct
  • Career development and training opportunities
  • Award winning and comprehensive wellbeing provisions. This includes physical, psychological, lifestyle and financial wellbeing support offers.
  • Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
  • Maternity coffee shop and ‘Garden room’.
  • Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

Person Specification

Education/ Training/ Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife with current live NMC registration
  • Student Midwife in 3rd year and due to qualify in Autumn 2026

Work Experience

Essential

  • Able to work in all areas of maternity services- antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal
  • Recent experience as a registered midwife or a qualifying student who has undertaken midwifery placements

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

Essential

  • Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and the multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team
  • Ability to adapt and demonstrate safe antenatal/ intra-partum and postnatal skills

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).

Closing Date: 31 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.