There really has never been a more exciting time to join us; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area Health NHS Trust have merged together to be come one organisation. Our newly merged Trust has a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff, aiming to deliver exceptional local services for local people and specialist services across the South West and beyond. Together, we form one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.
Are you an experienced midwife? Are you ready to work in an “outstanding” maternity unit with baby friendly accreditation? Do you want to work in a forward thinking NHS Foundation Trust across Bristol and Weston?
We currently have several permanent posts available in our Midwifery teams. Our posts are all rotational posts and would give successful candidates the opportunity of acting as a Band 6 in a leadership role as a coordinator on the wards in a hospital rotational team either on the ward or on Central Delivery Suite or working on Midwifery Led Unit or our Transitional care Unit. There are also opportunities to work within the traditional midwifery model or as part of a Continuity of Care team across United Hospitals Bristol & Weston (UHBW) community settings.
We are proud of our services which include:
Co-located midwife led birthing unit
Regional Fetal Medicine Unit
A transitional care ward
Midwifery led day assessment unit
Continuity of Carer Teams
We pride ourselves on delivering holistic care through our flexible and dynamic approach within a caring, welcoming and friendly team.
We are working in partnership with our Local Maternity System across the BNSSG to deliver the Better Births agenda promoting equitable care to all women within our services.
We are located in the Centre of the beautiful city of Bristol, which has been voted best place to live. It is bursting with character and provides the perfect work-life balance.
The ideal candidate for the role will:
Be able to demonstrate leadership and management skills
Be flexible with a caring attitude.
Have excellent and extended clinical skills
Be able to develop their clinical skills and participate in continuing their professional development
Have experience in solving problems and using their initiative
Have the ability to take the lead when caring for women and their babies
Be able to communicate and work together in a multidisciplinary team
In return for your hard work you will receive the following benefits:
• Working within a hospital voted number 1 for Midwifery in the UK
• Opportunities for education and development
• Minimum of 262.5 hours holiday per annum (increasing with length of service)
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Access to discounts in a multitude of local and national outlets
