Registered Midwife Band 5/6 | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Midwife who is looking for a new challenge? Come and see what Bolton Maternity services has to offer.

Are you passionate about improving the experience and outcomes for women and families? Do you want to be part of a dynamic, forward thinking, progressive and supportive team?

You will join a team of Midwives who truly care about women’s experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. We value your experience working with us and acknowledge that fulfilled Midwives put women at the centre of their work. We want you to be part of our team shaping our vision for an outstanding service.

We have opportunities for Band 6 midwives to work in all areas throughout our Maternity Services.

Community

Birth Centre (Opening 2027)

Delivery Suite

Ante Natal Services

Post Natal Ward

For Newly qualified midwives we offer a comprehensive preceptorship programme with nurturing and support so new Midwives can consolidate their midwifery knowledge and skills.

Flexible working patterns, Full time / Part time, Professional development.

The Trust has a dedicated international nursing/midwifery recruitment programme in place; because of this we ask international midwives to please not apply for our general midwife vacancies.

With births of around 4900 per year, Bolton is the ‘Supercentre’ for the North West, providing high quality compassionate care to the women of Bolton, Bury, Salford and beyond.

Recent improvements have led to a stronger focus on providing safe and compassionate care and this has increased opportunities to learn, develop and expand your career.

What we are currently doing

• Developing a continuity of carer model
• Developing a caseloading team
• Providing high quality care to high risk women
• Working towards offering a transitional care service
• Perinatal mental health service to offer a more holistic approach to women with mental health needs.

You will have

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• Confidence in your midwifery skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A zest for holistic care
• Passion for physiological birth
• Be prepared to support women through their journey whatever it becomes.
• Passion for Continuity of Carer

“Theright care, by theright person, in theright place”

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

The Family and Diagnostics Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 4900 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.

We are currently undergoing a £32 million complete renovation of our maternity unit which will include a brand new 8-bedded triage, a new birth centre and new antenatal and postnatal wards.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job descriptions. If you have any further questions regarding this role or recruitment event please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

This advert closes on Friday 24 Jul 2026