Rotational MidwifeNHS

Job summary

Shape the future of maternity care at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking experienced Band 6 Midwives to join our supportive maternity team at an exciting time of development, including the opening of our new Maternity Triage Unit.

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.

As a Band 6 Midwife, you'll practise autonomously while being supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and senior midwifery leadership. You'll coordinate clinical activity, support junior colleagues, contribute to service improvement and have access to ongoing professional development opportunities.

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

• 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.

Job description

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

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.