Midwife

NHS; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wales is seeking a dedicated Midwife to provide care for low risk pregnant women in both community and hospital settings. The successful candidate will have the ability to work autonomously and collaborate with medical teams as needed. Registration with the UK NMC is essential, along with skills in perineal suturing, IV cannulation, and previous obstetric experience. A competitive salary between £39,263 to £47,280 per annum pro rata is offered.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife practicing autonomously with low risk pregnant women.
• Ability to practice safely and effectively without direct supervision.
• Experience in assessing, planning, and implementing care programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of midwifery care for low risk pregnant women.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate maternity care programs.
• Collaborate with Obstetric Medical Team for high risk women.

Skills

Perineal suturing

IV cannulation

Welsh language skills Speaking/Listening Level 3 or above

Previous experience in Obstetric unit

Education

UK NMC Registered

Job description

Overview

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board – Midwife

The closing date is 30 September 2025

Maternity Services are provided over 3 sites and we are able to offer women and staff the 4 birthing environments: home, freestanding birth centre, alongside birth centre and obstetric labour ward.

The environment in the Prince Charles Site level 2 has undergone major refurbishment in 2019. We offer care to women in our obstetric unit and we have an alongside midwifery led unit. We have increased the number of pools to 3 and are able to offer in addition a bereavement room and generally an enhanced environment for both women and staff.

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend is a Level 2 Maternity Unit. We are able to offer low risk women the opportunity to labour and birth in our alongside Midwifery Led room, the Bluebell Suite and in our newly refurbished Birthing Pool room on the obstetric unit. Our Obstetric services support women requiring increased surveillance during labour.

Main duties of the job

The Post Holder will provide all aspects of midwifery care for low risk pregnant women in both the community and hospital setting. The Post Holder, as a registered Midwife, will practice autonomously using knowledge, skills and abilities for safe, effective practice without direct supervision. Care of high risk women will be in conjunction with the Obstetric Medical Team.

The Post Holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for clients in all areas of Maternity service.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn have skills in Welsh, we consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find the main duties of the job attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Registration

• UK NMC Registered

Knowledge / Experience

• Ability to undertake perineal suturing
• Ability to undertake IV cannulation
• Previous experience in Obstetric unit
• Welsh language skills Speaking/Listening Level 3 or above

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.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

£39,263 to £47,280 a year per annum pro rota