Band 6 Midwife - Bank

Band 6 Midwife - Bank

The closing date is 04 March 2026

We are proud to be a forward thinking trust that enthusiastically embraces change. This is your chance to be a part of our flexible & dynamic team, providing women centred care within a number of settings to enable them to achieve their desired birthing experience.

We are offering many exciting opportunities that will enable you to develop your skills in different areas of midwifery. We have a fabulous co-located Midwifery Led Unit at St Michael's Hospital and a Midwifery Led Unit at our Weston Hospital. Here, we provide exceptional care for low risk women. In addition, we have a several well established Community Midwifery Teams that support low risk women at home.

We are the major tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit for the South West providing highly specialist care for women & their babies.

• Be able to demonstrate leadership and management skills
• Be flexible with a caring attitude, rotating throughout the maternity departments and to be a part of the on‑call service we provide.
• 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, identifying any deterioration from normal and escalating appropriately.
• Be able to communicate and work together in a multidisciplinary team

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients.

As a forward-thinking multi‑award winning Trust, committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

Join us and you can enjoy city living, be in the countryside or by the seaside, with easy access to all the South West offers. 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 create a workforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

• Registered Midwife
• Post qualification experience and completion of your Band 5 preceptorship year
• Assessing in Practice Level 2 or Teaching and Assessing in Practice Level 3 or equiv.

• At least 1 year of midwifery experience
• Extended clinical midwifery skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Evidence of teaching skills
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to prioritise care/client needs within research based approach
• Ability to support and act up for Band 7
• Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car

• Motivation and enthusiasm
• Flexible approach to duties/shifts

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.