Newly Qualified Registered Midwife

Bristol Nhs Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Preceptorship programme

Wellbeing provisions

Career development and training

Subsidised meals

Maternity coffee shop and Garden room

NHS Discounts

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking rotated midwives to join our obstetric services across the Bristol area. You will work under supervision to provide safe antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care within a dynamic team. Rotations across hospital and community settings help build confidence and clinical skills.

We welcome newly qualified midwives and 3rd year student midwives due to qualify in autumn 2026, with a robust induction and preceptorship to support your development.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration or 3rd year student midwife eligible to apply.
• Ability to deliver safe care across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal settings.
• Excellent communication and teamwork with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide antenatal and postnatal care and support.
• Deliver babies and provide intrapartum care.</li>
• Participate in rotations across hospital and community settings.
• Work within guidelines and lead the clinical midwifery team when required.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Clinical antenatal/postnatal skills

Education

NMC registration as Midwife

3rd year student midwife eligible in Sep 2026

Job description

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have merged as of 1st July 2026 to become Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. This creates an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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Job Overview

Are you a newly qualified Midwife with an NMC PIN looking for a new opportunity? We'd love to hear from you!

We are also looking for 3rd year student midwives who will qualify in September 2026. You are eligible to apply for this position.

We have fixed term and substantive positions available. We can offer a robust induction and preceptorship package to support you to become confident.

Our service at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust provide a full range of obstetric services for those who live in the catchment of North Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. Our maternity department has 5200 births each year. Our involvement in world renowned research has led to the development of PROMPT. At our last CQC inspection, we were rated as ‘good’, meaning we are performing well and meeting expectations. We are fully committed to building on this success and we encourage all staff to have a voice and share ideas and innovations.

We have a consultant led Obstetric Unit with 2 HDU rooms, 9 birthing rooms and a pool room. Our antenatal ward hosts a Triage, day assessment area, induction of labour suite and inpatient ward. Our postnatal ward prides itself on giving high quality care for all.

You will be required to work a day/night shift pattern, to include being part of the on‑call rota.

Main duties of the job

As a Rotational midwife, you will be joining a team of well-established professional and compassionate midwives, doctors, maternity support workers (MSW’s) and support staff committed to providing safe, high quality and personalised care. We can offer a variety of hospital and community-based rotations to build your expertise!

Benefits

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Fully supported preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holiday's
• Physiotherapy Direct
• Career development and training opportunities
• Award winning and comprehensive wellbeing provisions. This includes physical, psychological, lifestyle and financial wellbeing support offers.
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Maternity coffee shop and ‘Garden room’.
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.

• Able to exercise clinical judgement for the assessment of care needs, the development, the implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in partnership with women within the practice area.

The care includes preventative measures, the detection of abnormal conditions in the mother and child, the procurement of medical assistance and the execution of emergency measures in the absence of medical help.

• Provide antenatal and postnatal care to women
• Provide intra‑partum care and deliver babies
• Participate in developmental activities/ preceptorship
• Work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practic
• With experience, to ensure delivery of high quality midwifery care by effectively coordinating and professionally leading the clinical midwifery team and support staff in the absence of the senior midwife.

Person specification

Education/ Training/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife with current live NMC registration
• Student Midwife in 3rd year and due to qualify in Autumn 2026

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Able to work in all areas of maternity services- antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal
• Recent experience as a registered midwife or a qualifying student who has undertaken midwifery placements

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team
• Ability to adapt and demonstrate safe antenatal/ intra-partum and postnatal skills

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

• 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 to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
• BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.