Staff Nurse - Maternity

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Staff Nurse in Maternity, where you'll provide top-quality care to expectant mothers and their newborns. The role offers flexibility with full-time or part-time hours, extensive professional development opportunities, and the chance to work in a supportive environment. You'll engage in vital maternity care, ensuring the well-being of women and their babies during critical phases of life. If you have NMC registration and a passion for nursing, apply now to make a real difference.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC certification.
• Capable of performing observations and wound care.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinical skills and participate in professional development.
• Administer medications and perform patient observations.
• Support patients' needs during antenatal and postnatal periods.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Medication Administration

Wound Care

Education

NMC Registration

Nursing qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Staff Nurse - Maternity

Band 5

Main area Nursing - Maternity Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: May consider part time hours Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Long shifts 12.5 hours. Monday - Friday. No bank holidays.) Job ref 387-WC7211-HN

Site St Michael Hospital Town Bristol Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 09/07/2025

As an organisation we 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.

Are you looking for the exciting opportunity to join our innovative, friendly and supportive team here at UHBW? Are you ready to continue your development & knowledge and gather a breadth of experience and learn new skills in this exciting venture caring for women and their babies in the antenatal and postnatal period?

We have an opportunity you you to join our Maternity Recovery Team as a Recovery Nurse. The post consists of three 12.5 hour shifts per week (Monday - Friday). No bank holidays included!

Main duties of the job

If you think you have what it takes then don’t hesitate in applying as we would love to welcome you to our team! Are you:

· Able to develop your clinical skills and participate in continuing your professional development?

· Motivated, hardworking and great at communicating enabling the ability to work well in our multidisciplinary team?

· Confident at reading drug charts and providing the appropriate medication at the right time and route for a number of patients in your care?

· Able to confidently perform observations – identifying normal parameters, and escalating appropriately when outside of this?

· Sufficient in wound care, identifying any deviation from normal and escalating appropriately?

· Confident and timely in documentation?

There will also be the fantastic opportunity of training in breastfeeding support, glycaemic control in the neonate, contraception advice, discharge advice and supporting the team in emergency situations.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. 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. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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 more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC Registration
• Training Qualification or equivalent experience

Skills and Abilities

• Good basic level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Ability to develop own clinical skills and a willingness to participate in continuing professional development
• Competency in medication administration including IV drug administration
• Basic IT skills (e.g. Microsoft packages)
• Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient.
• Interpersonal skills – Calm - Supportive - Motivated – Professional
• Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Awareness of audit & research
• Self-motivated
• A team player
• Recognition of own limits
• General good health, Able to work on feet for long periods. Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times
• Supportive
• Respectful

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.

· UHBW 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.

· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

· 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 University Hospitals Bristol and Weston 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.

· Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

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.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.