Registered Midwife

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking newly qualified midwives to join their preceptorship program. You will work in a supportive environment with opportunities for rotational shifts across various obstetric services. Candidates must be 3rd year student midwives or newly registered with an NMC pin, and able to start in Autumn 2025. The position offers extensive benefits including career development, access to the NHS pension, and a robust support system.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Entitlement

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

Career development opportunities

Comprehensive wellbeing provisions

Qualifications

• Must have NMC registration prior to starting.
• Able to start working in Autumn 2025.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a robust preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives.
• Work a day/night shift pattern, including on-call duties.
• Engage with hospital and community-based rotations.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Teamwork

Communication

Education

3rd year student midwife or newly registered midwife with NMC pin

Job description

Are you a 3rd year student midwife about to qualify in Sept/ Oct 2025? Have you obtained your NMC pin as a newly qualified Midwife in January or September 2025, and now looking for a preceptorship opportunity? We would love to hear from you if you are able to start working this Autumn! We can offer a robust induction and preceptorship package to support you to become confident in all aspects of the role.

Our service at North Bristol NHS Trust provides 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. We also have an extensive Maternal Medicine service, including Perinatal Mental Health and Complex Care team and a Fetal Medicine service. Our antenatal ward hosts a Triage, day assessment area and inpatient ward and our postnatal ward prides itself on giving the best quality postnatal care.

You will be required to work a day/night shift pattern, to include being part of the on-call rota and you must have NMC registration prior to starting. As a Rotational midwife, you will be joining a team of well-established professional and compassionate midwives, doctors, maternity support workers (MSWs) 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!

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

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:

Responsibilities

• Participate in a robust preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives.
• Work a day/night shift pattern, including on-call duties, as part of a rotational team.
• Engage with hospital and community-based rotations to build clinical expertise across obstetric services.

Qualifications

• 3rd year student midwife due to qualify in Sept/Oct 2025, or newly registered midwife with NMC pin as of January or September 2025.
• Eligibility to start work in Autumn and join a rotational midwife role.

Benefits

• 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 holidays
• Physiotherapy Direct
• Career development and training opportunities
• Award winning and comprehensive wellbeing provisions, including physical, psychological, lifestyle and financial wellbeing support
• Subsidised meals at hospital restaurants
• Maternity coffee shop and Garden room
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card