Newly Qualified Registered Midwife | North Bristol NHS Trust

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 North Bristol 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.

We encourage you to apply for this position promptly because the role may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

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!

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

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.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Jun 2026