Midwifery Sister - Maternity Triage Coordinator Bath

Meeveem Limited; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Midwifery Sister to coordinate our Maternity Triage service, providing clinical and professional leadership. You will lead day-to-day management of the triage, ensuring safe, responsive and equitable care for women and birthing people accessing urgent maternity care.

You will act as the BSOTS clinical lead, supporting implementation of NHS Maternity Triage specifications, promoting a safety-critical environment, and collaborating

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of training and competence in maternity triage assessment and escalation.
• Evidence of leadership development.
• Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor qualification (or willingness to undertake).
• Desirable: Leadership/Management qualification or QI experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, operational and professional leadership within the Maternity Triage Service.
• Coordinate day-to-day management of maternity triage, overseeing clinical activity, patient flow, staffing, capacity and risk.
• Act as clinical lead for the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) and support NHS Maternity Triage specifications.
• Contribute to governance, audit, quality improvement and service transformation while embedding learning from national recommendations.

Skills

NMC registered midwife

Leadership experience

Maternity triage knowledge

Staffing and governance

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

We are excited to be seeking a Midwifery Sister to coordinate our Maternity Triage service providing clinical, operational and professional leadership.

You will will coordinate the day to day management of maternity triage maintaining oversight of clinical activity and escalation of care. As the lead for BSOTS you will support is development and promote a safety critical clinical environment.

If you would like to work within our multidisciplinary team then we want to hear from you.

For further information please contact Hayley Rossiter by email [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing clinical, operational and professional leadership within the Maternity Triage Service, ensuring the delivery of safe, responsive, equitable and evidence-based care for women and birthing people accessing urgent and unscheduled maternity care.

You will coordinate the day-to-day management of maternity triage, maintaining oversight of clinical activity, patient flow, staffing, capacity and risk to ensure timely assessment, prioritisation and escalation of care.

Acting as the clinical lead for the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS), you will support the implementation of the NHS England Maternity Triage Specification and promote maternity triage as a safety-critical clinical environment.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to governance, audit, quality improvement, workforce development and service transformation activities, embedding learning from national maternity recommendations and supporting the delivery of safe, personalised and compassionate care.

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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Details

Date posted: 08 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Pro Rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: 427-8235534

Job locations: Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA13NG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
• Evidence of training and competence in maternity triage assessment and escalation.
• Evidence of leadership development.
• Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor qualification (or willingness to undertake).

Desirable

• Leadership or Management Qualification
• Quality Improvement qualification or experience.
• Training in BSOTS.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Significant relevant clinical and management experience at band 6 or above in a range of care settings of at least 3 years port registration.
• Experience in service user feedback including analysing data.
• Experience of managing patient flow, acuity and clinical prioritisation.

Desirable

• Experience in complaint investigation and response
• Experience leading change management projects.

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).

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.