Registered Midwife | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon invites applications for Registered Midwife to join the Maternity Assessment Centre, covering maternity leave. You will work across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care, with responsibilities in ANC, triage, day assessment, and collaboration with the obstetric team.

Experience in UK maternity services is essential. The role is part-time, permanent, and involves caring for women and babies in hospital, birth centre and community

Qualifications

• Experience in UK maternity services is essential.
• Holistic midwifery care across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Ability to work autonomously with medical support when required.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to women/birthing people and babies across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Deliver care in hospital, birth centre, and community settings including caseload management.
• Support in evaluating and implementing antenatal and postnatal programmes and guidelines.

Skills

Midwifery care

Antenatal care

Intrapartum care

Postnatal care

Autonomous practice

Education

NMC registered midwife

Job description

Registered Midwife | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit additional midwives to cover Maternity leave to our team on the Maternity Assessment Centre which includes Antenatal Clinic/Triage/Day Assessment Unit .

This unit supports approximately 20,000 episodes of care per year for women who have high risk pregnancies allowing them to be cared for as an outpatient which enables women to remain at home with their families.

This role also involves working with the Obstetric team in consultant led Antenatal clinics and the newly set up Maternity Assessment Unit.

The job role is a fast pace of decision making, autonomous practice with medical cover when require in depth knowledge of a wide range of ante natal complications as well as core midwifery assessment skills in Triage.

Experience within UK maternity services is essential.

The post holder is required to provide holistic midwifery care to women/birthing people and babies in the antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal periods.

This includes to newly created Maternity Assessment Centre comprising ANC, Day assessment unit and Triage

The midwifery care is provided both in hospital, birth centre and community settings including the management of individual caseloads, clients and/or ward areas.

The post holder will deputise for the Band 7 in all clinical areas. The role is multidimensional and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil all the identified dimensions.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath 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 heath 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.

To assess, implement and evaluate programmes of antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and neonatal care for women and babies (within their family unit) in line with current evidence, Trust policies, guidelines and the Code.

Provide appropriate advice, knowledge and counselling to women and their partners regarding allaspects of antenatal, intrapartum (including home births) and postpartum care.

To act as an advocate for the women and babies receiving maternity care.

Demonstrate appropriate behaviour/attitude (helpful, kind, caring, compassionate and respectful) when dealing with service users and colleagues, acts as a professional role model for other staff in accordance with the NMC Code (2015).

Provide parenting education, advice on health issues, and support in altering health behaviours, thereby improving health and wellbeing.

This advert closes on Thursday 12 Nov 2026

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Company: The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata

Hours: Part-time

Location: Swindon, SN3 6BB

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 5 Nov 2026

Closing date: 5 Dec 2026