Bank Midwife

Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation trust; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking Band 5/6 Midwives for its Bank Midwifery team. This role offers flexible working patterns across acute and community sites, focusing on delivering safe and personalized maternal and neonatal care. Candidates must hold NMC registration in Midwifery and be committed to excellence in midwifery. A supportive working environment with opportunities for ongoing training is provided. The role pays between £19.78 and £23.82 an hour.

Benefits

Weekly pay via Wagestream

Access to maternity in-house training programme

Qualifications

• Hold a professional NMC registration in Midwifery to provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care.
• Educated to Diploma/degree level or above.
• Completed preceptorship development programme with post qualification experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic care during antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
• Work collaboratively within acute and community settings.
• Act as a role model and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Autonomous working

Excellent communication

Ability to cope in stressful situations

Education

Midwifery NMC registration

Diploma/degree level education

Mentor/assessor training qualification

Job description

Bank Midwifery – Ability to Deliver Holistic Care Within a Flexible Working Pattern

Job summary

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is looking to expand their Midwifery bank workforce and is looking for talented, caring, enthusiastic and experienced band 5/6 Midwives to join our Bank workforce across both acute and community sites to contribute to the delivery of safe, equitable, and personalised maternal and neonatal care within the Children, Young People and Families Services Directorate.

Working on the bank offers flexibility and shifts are available on both maternity units and in a variety of areas. A period of orientation will be offered and access to the maternity in-house training programme. You will work alongside midwives and support workers committed to delivering excellent patient experience.

You are required to hold a professional NMC registration in Midwifery to work as part of the Multi-professional team providing a high standard of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care to women and their families within the integrated maternity service.

If you have vision, are dynamic and motivated with a commitment to providing and developing a first class service as part of the Bank Midwife team supporting excellence in midwifery care and want to know more - please get in touch, we will be pleased to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Midwife, you will:

• Deliver holistic care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within acute and community settings.
• Act as a role model and provide leadership, supervision, and mentorship to junior staff and students.
• Promote informed choice and advocate for women/birthing people.
• Respond effectively to emergencies and complex clinical situations.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service development and quality assurance.

Pay & Contract

Band 6

Salary £19.78 to £23.82 an hour

Contract Bank

Working pattern Flexible working

Date posted 05 December 2025

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Midwifery NMC registration
• Educated to Diploma/degree level or above
• Completed preceptorship development programme with post qualification experience.
• Mentor/assessor training qualification
• Safeguarding (Level 3) adults and children’s training

Qualifications – Desirable

• Neonatal Life Support / Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination qualification (NIPE) or working towards

Experience – Essential

• Experience of assist instrumental births
• Knowledge and experience to deal appropriately with obstetric emergencies in the absence of medical staff

Additional Criteria – Essential

• Ability to cope within a stressful environment and with emotional women/birthing people and their families and supporters on a regular basis
• Excellent communication skills on the telephone, via email, face to face and in written correspondence
• Is willing to work in all areas – Community and Hospital
• UK driving licence and access to car

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

About Us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we’re committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We work hard to make sure that inclusion is part of everything we do. We know that true inclusion means we’re able to provide the best care for our patients and provide a fulfilling career for all our colleagues. We have six active and impactful colleague networks: Multicultural, Women’s, Armed Forces’, LGBTQ+, Lived Experience, and Autistic. We offer a form of weekly pay via Wagestream and bank pay allows you to get paid a percentage of the money you’ve already earned from any bank shifts completed the previous week.

Employer details: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4DY – Website: https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/