Rotational Midwife – Band 6: Sponsorship Available

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Shape the future of maternity care at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

As we prepare to launch our brand-new Maternity Triage unit this summer, we’re expanding our team. If you’re a dynamic, forward-thinking experienced Band 6 Midwife join our team during this time of growth and innovation.

With a fabulous co-located Midwifery Led Unit at St Michael’s Hospital alongside another at Weston Hospital, you’ll experience the benefits of a busy city centre specialist unit as well as the exceptional care we provide for low-risk birthing people at our Weston site. Community Midwifery Teams provide dedicated support for those choosing to have a home birth.

You will rotate through a variety of clinical settings:o Antenatal/Postnatal Wardo Central Delivery Suiteo Midwifery Led Unitso Community and Continuity of Carer Teamso Transitional Care Unito Maternity Triage Unit

You’ll have the opportunity to work within our Antenatal Clinic, Day Assessment Unit and Fetal Medicine Unit. As the major tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit for the Southwest, we provide highly specialist care for birthing parents and their babies.

Our commitment to your professional development includes a comprehensive orientation programme, supernumerary support and dedicated practice development guidance to help you thrive in your role and beyond.

This position requires post-registration experience and is therefore not suitable for newly pinned Midwives who have not yet completed their preceptorship year.

Main duties of the job

  • 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.

As a unit we are proud to acknowledge the importance of personal development, and the support and guidance required in enabling self-confidence and belief to strive towards the next goal. We focus on providing the opportunity to gain appropriate experience to enable progression to band 7. We offer band 7 secondment posts within the unit, where you will feel supported and guided by familiar colleagues that you would have built a rapport with through your band 6 experience.

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).

Closing Date: 3 September 2026

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