Midwifery
Midwifery Introduction - Careers
Our dedicated Women and Children’s Health Division at North Bristol NHS Trust provides the maternity services for the Trust. We can offer midwives many exciting opportunities that will help to develop skills in all areas of maternity care, including in our antenatal, postnatal and birth settings, including the central delivery suite and midwifery led birth centres. We are proud to co-produce our services with the Local Maternity System and Maternity Voices Partnerships.
What maternity services could I work in?
What maternity services could I work in?
×Our Maternity Services at North Bristol NHS Trust include the following:
- 24hr antenatal assessment unit
- Mendip Birth Centre – An alongside midwifery unit which support approx. 500 births per year in the birth centre and at home.
- Cossham Birth Centre – a freestanding midwifery unit with up to 150 births per year.
- A 15 bed Consultant led Obstetric Unit, including dedicated space for providing Level 2 High Dependency care and a newly refurbished bereavement suite
- Cross city maternal medicine services with specialist endocrine, epilepsy, haematology and renal clinics.
- A Fetal Medicine Service including preterm clinics.
- A Community Midwifery Service which covers South Gloucestershire, North Bristol and North Somerset.
- Specialist Midwifery services including bereavement midwives, complex care midwives, perinatal mental health team, practice development team, infant feeding team and fetal monitoring midwives.
- Collaborative working with the Trust theatre teams in the provision of elective and emergency maternity theatre care.
- Our Continuous Improvement and Learning Team, which has previously been awarded Healthcare Team of the Year at North Bristol NHS Trusts’ Annual Staff Awards.
Other divisional services include:
- Our dynamic Gynaecology Service with a clear vision to develop and take the service into the future with increased ambulatory care, supported by the Gynaecology Matron.
- The tertiary level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is renowned for its excellent outcomes, particularly for the very preterm baby, which has 34 cots and offers intensive care, high dependency care and special care, with transitional care facilities on the postnatal ward.
- Our Maternity Unit works closely with interventional radiology in the management of placenta accreta/percreta providing a 24-hour service which accepts tertiary referrals for women with an abnormally invasive placenta.
Midwifery Opportunities
Registered Midwife
Registered Midwife
×We are fortunate to be able to offer new and exciting opportunities within our team who provide personalised, safe care and wellbeing for all women, babies and their families.
Our Practice Development Team and line managers will provide you with a comprehensive local induction /orientation programme that will enable you to gain experience within our hospital and community settings.
Our clinical education facilitators and practice education facilitators offer the opportunity to work alongside you within all clinical areas to ensure a smooth transition to our unit. We also have bespoke health and wellbeing support available, alongside the award-winning Trust Health and Wellbeing programme.
For newly registered Midwives, our comprehensive Preceptorship programme will ensure you are supported with your transition from student to registered professional.
As an organisation, we have strong links to the University of Bristol and University of the West of England. More than 7,000 patients take part in research with more than 500 studies each year, including through our active maternity research team.
The Women and Children's research department consistently tops the West of England clinical research network recruitment to Reproductive Health and Childbirth studies. From fertility to gynaecology, the department is committed to ensuring that all women – and in some cases their partners and babies - are offered the chance to participate in innovative and work leading research,
Want to find out more? Book a place at an upcoming event to meet our teams or explore current roles available below.
Maternity Support Worker
Maternity Support Worker
×Maternity Support Workers are vital members of the direct care team who support registered practitioners to meet woman’s needs during their time in our care.
Our Maternity Support Workers are responsible for providing care and therapy to women as delegated by the registered practitioner and directed by the appropriate team leader.
We can offer excellent career development available through our tailored educational pathways.
To work as a Maternity Support Worker (band 3), you will need to have completed an Apprenticeship in Health Level 3 or a QCF Diploma Level 3 Health.
If you have not completed the above training and would like to work as a Maternity Support Worker, we can offer a training contract dependent on your educational requirements. Prior to undertaking the Band 3 Maternity Support Worker apprenticeship, the expectation is that you would have already completed a level 2 Healthcare Support Worker standard or equivalent qualification.
At the end of this education pathway, you will achieve a level 3 Apprenticeship in Health.
Our Apprenticeship team have recently received Matrix Standard accreditation. The Matrix Standard is the Department of Education’s (DFE) standard for ensuring the quality of the delivery of high-quality information, advice and guidance.
Obstetric Sonographer
Obstetric Sonographer
×Working within our Obstetrics Scanning Department, based within our Antenatal Clinic, our Obstetric Sonographers perform a wide range of obstetric scans which include dating scans, first trimester combined screening scans, anomaly scans, assessment of fetal wellbeing, growth scans and umbilical artery doppler.
All of our sonographers work as independent reporting practitioners, working autonomously but also as an important part of the team with radiologists and the early pregnancy advanced nurse practitioners.
Our Obstetrics Scanning Department is a stand-alone service, supported by our team of Radiographers and Midwife Sonographers. We do not currently rotate staff through our main radiology service, although bespoke rotations may be available to support those who may wish to rotate.
We are proud to support our Sonographers in their practice and professional development.
Current Midwifery Vacancies
Bank Mental Health Nurse - Band 5
- Job reference
- 339-TA-NBTX-RMN-1024
- Salary
- per hour
- Salary period
- Flexible working - Various
- Grade
- Competitive - Hourly Rate
- Contract
- Bank
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
As a Bank Mental Health Nurse, you will increase your skill set by working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver all aspects of patient care.
Your main duties will include:
- The postholder will be responsible for delivering care to people with mental health issues who are receiving inpatient care in an acute physical health setting. This care will often be delivered on a 1:1 basis.
- Supporting all clinical areas of the Trust as and when required.
- Taking personal responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust and local policies and procedures are known and followed and ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC code.
- Being responsible for assessment, planning, Implementation and Evaluation of patient care.
- Taking responsibility for the supervision and guidance of other staff including health care assistants and students as required.
Successful applicants for this role will:
- Hold RN (Adult) Registration with current NMC license to practice
- Have relevant experience within the last 18-24 months - newly qualified staff require 15 months post qualification experience (3 months preceptorship and 12 months appropriate experience)
- Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a four day induction programme if successful
- Have right to work in the UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable)
Apply by 25/10/2024
Bank Mental Health Nurse - Band 5:more details and how to apply
Clinical Competence Advisor
- Job reference
- 339-SRD4765-A
- Salary
- Per annum
- Salary period
- Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The Clinical Competence Advisor will provide clinical guidance and advice for all matters relating to the nursing practice of bank Registered Nurses (RN) and bank Health Care Support Workers (HCSW), and other clinical roles and is professionally responsible for maintaining quality standards for the supply of clinical (Non-Medical) temporary Bank and Agency workers.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in the management and compliance of key performance indicators aligned to but not limited to complaints, concerns and clinical incidents reported via Datix involving Bank and Agency workers, Mandatory and Statutory Training (MaST) and
Temporary workers inductions, Bank and Agency.
The post holder will provide expert advice to internal, external service users and Bank workers across the organisation promoting compliance and clinical best practice across the organisation for the provision and usage of temporary workforce
Apply by 10/10/2024
Clinical Competence Advisor:more details and how to apply
Integrated Discharge Case Manager (Band 6)
- Job reference
- 339-TJC5061
- Salary
- per annum, pro rata for part time roles.
- Salary period
- Full time, Part time - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The post requires an individual with the ability to work in the area of managing of complex discharge processes and a commitment to the further development of this essential service.
You will be a lead in:
- Championing the Home First ethos- ‘There’s no place like Home’
- Facilitating timely and appropriate discharges- enhancing the patient and staff experience
- Holding early discharge conversations and driving quality board rounds
- Driving ‘flow’- ensuring beds are available for people that need them by delivering timely discharges
- Bringing discharge expertise to conversations with patients, families and staff- including supporting Managing Expectations procedures
Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills with an ability to ‘think laterally’ and problem solve complex situations, focusing on how best to meet the needs of the individual.
You will be a role model for the Integrated Discharge Service and Transfer of Care Hub both within the organisation and the wider system
Apply by 13/10/2024
Integrated Discharge Case Manager (Band 6):more details and how to apply
Clinical Governance Lead (Band 7)
- Job reference
- 339-TJC5056
- Salary
- per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Full time, Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
- Provide high quality leadership, role modelling and develop skills to act as an expert resource to clinical and operational teams in relation to all aspects of divisional clinical quality and governance.
- Support the chair of the monthly Clinical Governance meetings with accountability for high quality agenda papers and meeting outputs.
- Support/ lead complex Patient Safety Incident Investigations.
- Provide cross cover and support as needed for other members of the team as necessary.
- Undertake other such duties commensurate with the seniority and experience of the post.
Apply by 13/10/2024
Clinical Governance Lead (Band 7):more details and how to apply
Urology Specialist Nurse Practitioner
- Job reference
- 339-LMH5009-A
- Salary
- Dependent on experience; consideration of band 6 training post.
- Salary period
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call requirement; consideration could be given to recruitment as a band 6 training post.)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The post holder will work towards the role of a skilled autonomous urological practitioner who works:
· Act autonomously with evidence-based guidelines; be accountable for own practice including clinical assessment, history taking, determine a differential diagnosis using appropriate diagnostics and starting treatment and/or referring to another speciality or discharging of patients.
· Able to utilise specialist skills and knowledge in urology to implement and deliver independent nurse led clinics, including new referrals, formulating clinical decisions and often complex treatment plans to manage their urological health care condition.
· Work in collaboration with professionals to give appropriate advice; support and education in relation to all aspects of urology and related issues, to ensure patients and their families receive sound clinical research-based care.
· Become a pivotal member of the of the extended multi-disciplinary team, providing triage service for new patients and refer to consultant lead as required.
· Work as a non-medical prescriber and prescribe appropriate medications within speciality and trust guidelines.
· Undertake urological diagnostics clinics, including (but no limited to) Flexible cystoscopy and adjuvant procedure including intra-vesical Botox, stent removal and guidewire catheter insertions, Prostate volume measurements and bladder instillations.
· Provide an on-call urology nurse service including bank holiday working.
· The post holder will be active in clinical audit helping to expand the service to ensure patients receive sustainable high-quality care that is safe and effective.
Apply by 09/10/2024
Urology Specialist Nurse Practitioner:more details and how to apply
Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Vascular Access Service
- Job reference
- 339-LMH5042
- Salary
- pa
- Salary period
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hour shifts = 07:30 - 15:30 shift times, Monday - Saturday)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Secondments also considered
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
- Assist the vascular access practitioner in the placement of various lines across the trust
- Undertake pre and post procedural tasks
- Stock management
- Administrative tasks
- Line care - dressing the line and flushing (once training)
- Liaise with patients
- Liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Assist with data collection and audits
Senior Research Nurse/AHP - Respiratory Research
- Job reference
- 339-LMG4998-A
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time, Job share - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The post holder will lead the team in:
- Line management of team
- Clinical trial set up in line with regulatory requirements
- Clinical trial running - ensure the smooth delivery of research studies within the team
- Study end - support the team to close out studies
- Resource management - staff, resource, financial and risk management
- Education - ensure own training needs and those of the team are addressed
- Strategic Role - forward planning of team workload and finances.
- Team budgetary management
Apply by 07/10/2024
Senior Research Nurse/AHP - Respiratory Research:more details and how to apply
Neurology Specialist Nurse - Band 6
- Job reference
- 339-JKL5040
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed Term
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
- Referrals Management: Accept and triage referrals from consultants for headache management.
- Conduct detailed assessments and reviews of patients with chronic Migraines, including annual evaluations.
- Administer Botox injections for migraine prophylaxis and evaluate outcomes.
- Multidisciplinary Meetings (MDM): Discuss complex cases with consultants and pharmacists in MDMs.
- Patient Support and Education: Provide comprehensive education and support to patients and healthcare providers on headache management.
- Primary Care Relations: Maintain effective communication with primary care providers, offering support and education on new migraine treatments.
- Ward Support: Provide support and expertise to neurology wards regarding lumbar puncture procedures.
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with the multidisciplinary team, including neurology consultants and ophthalmologists, to ensure comprehensive care for IIH patients.
- Case Discussions: Collaborate with the team to discuss and manage challenging cases.
- Home Care Coordination: Liaise with home care services for patients receiving immunoglobulin therapy at home, ensuring regular reviews and monitoring of their treatment.
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Panel Meetings: Participate in monthly local panel meetings to discuss and review cases, ensuring alignment with the latest guidelines and practices.
Apply by 06/10/2024
Neurology Specialist Nurse - Band 6:more details and how to apply
Pre-Assessment Nurse - Endoscopy - Band 5
- Job reference
- 339-LMH5041
- Salary
- per annum
- Salary period
- Full time, Other - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00)
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
Working within our department, your main duties will include:
- Organising and participating in the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care.
- Taking responsibility to carry out required planned, direct patient care to a high standard without direct supervision, in accordance with established nursing procedures and policies.
- Contributing towards the health promotion for all patients by provided education, support and advice as necessary, ensuring referral to appropriate professionals or agencies as required.
- In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff.
- Taking personal responsibility for treating all patients with courtesy, respecting their individual needs and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Ensuring provision of a safe and therapeutic environment for all patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues.
Apply by 06/10/2024
Pre-Assessment Nurse - Endoscopy - Band 5:more details and how to apply
Nurse Hysteroscopist
- Job reference
- 339-LMH5034
- Salary
- pa
- Salary period
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- FTC until 31/03/2025
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
For a full and comprehensive list of the main duties of this job please see the attached job description.
Apply by 03/10/2024
Nurse Hysteroscopist:more details and how to apply
Research Mdwife/Nurse
- Job reference
- 339-LMG5062
- Salary
- per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (To be worked over 3 days)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- To be reviewed at the end of the fixed term period
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
The primary role of the post holder will be to facilitate the organisation and administration of Research Studies under the supervision of the Senior Research Midwives, Chief Investigator and the Principal Investigator (PI).
They will assess, plan, implement and evaluate expert research care and provide support to participants who are recruited onto the studies.
The research midwife or nurse, as part of the research team, will play a key role in ensuring that the study is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial regulations 2004 and Amended regulations 2006).
They will facilitate the recruitment and consent of participants into W+C research studies, and maintain all data and case report forms relating to the trial.
In addition, they will contribute, as part of the team, to the analysis of research data and the compilation of research reports and publications
Although the post holder is employed to work in a specific area as outlined above they will be expected to move areas to meet the needs of our research across the trust should the need arise
Apply by 10/10/2024
Research Mdwife/Nurse:more details and how to apply
Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Job reference
- 339-LMH4857-A
- Salary
- pro rata
- Salary period
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
Complex wound assessment and treatment.
Providing evidence based relevant information for patients and their family members both verbally and in writing, based on an individual assessment of the patient personal and health care needs.
Working in the outpatient setting.
Teaching colleagues.
Involvement in change and development within a multi-disciplinary team.
Audit and evaluation.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with complex and sensitive information with patients, their relatives and colleagues.
Apply by 03/10/2024
Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist:more details and how to apply
Bank NICU Registered Nurse - Band 5
- Job reference
- 339-TA-NBTX-RN-NICU-0924
- Salary
- per hour
- Salary period
- Flexible working - Various
- Grade
- Competitive - Hourly Rate
- Contract
- Bank
- Staff Group
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered
- Town
- Bristol
Description
As a Bank Nurse, your responsibilities will include :
- Supporting all clinical areas of the Trust as and when required.
- Taking personal responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust and local policies and procedures are known and followed and ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC code.
- Being responsible for assessment, planning, Implementation and Evaluation of patient care.
- Taking responsibility for the supervision and guidance of other staff including health care assistants and students as required.
Applicants must:
- Hold RN (Adult or Paediatric) registration with current NMC license to practice
- Have relevant experience within the last 18-24 months - newly qualified staff require 15 months post qualification experience (3 months preceptorship and 12 months appropriate experience
- Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a 4-day induction programme if successful
- Have right to work in UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable)
- Have the ability to commence work within 3 months from offer
Apply by 03/10/2024
Bank NICU Registered Nurse - Band 5:more details and how to apply