Job summary
To be a registered experienced Midwife providing antenatal care to women, acting as an advanced practitioner with the expertise to undertake continuing responsibility for advice and overall management of the Antenatal Clinic.

Will advise, support and clinically manage staff including midwives, nurses, maternity care assistants and administration staff. This support will include appraisals, staff rotas and sickness absence management. In addition, is directly responsible for the department budget and performance management, staff recruitment, health and safety and audit and standard setting.

Will support the management of the vaccination for pregnant women service, manage transfer requests for women wishing to change their place of birth and be ultimately responsible in the triaging of referrals of requests for obstetric review during pregnancy.

Will lead quality improvement work within ANC and run Midwife-led clinics.

Main duties of the job
To provide expert midwifery advice on antenatal care and support for women with complex medical conditions.

Have effective communication/interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team, both within the organisation and externally.

To be professionally accountable for one's own midwifery practice whilst acting autonomously in a professional manner. At all times abiding by the Midwives Rules and Standards and all relevant NMC and Trust guidelines and protocols.

To be familiar with the computerised IT systems integral to the running of the maternity unit for generating clinical notes.

To support the principles of the long learning, ensuring continuous professional development of all staff, encouraging and enabling individuals to reach their full potential.

Be accountable for own education and development needs and maintenance of competencies to ensure continued and professional registration.

To have excellent competence and confidence in midwifery practice. Using professional judgement in diagnosing problems and formulating solutions.

To provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team with knowledge and application of evidence-based practice and disseminate that knowledge to others. Ability to organise complex activities such as the allocation of staff according to experience. To manage the workload by creating rotas to maintain an effective skill mix and allocating annual leave and study leave appropriately.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
per annum, pro rata
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 339-W&C2082-LGG
Job locations: Antenatal Clinic, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To effectively manage and take 24-hour responsibility and accountability for the department, clients and staff in line with Trust policies.
• To effectively deploy and manage staff including teaching and mentoring. Monitoring of sickness, undertaking return to work interviews, liaising with Occupational Health, People and Transformation team and being involved in home visits if required
• Have a lead role in recruitment for the department generating internal & external adverts, leading in interviews and responsibility for staff selections.
• Responsible for staff appraisals and disciplinary matters, liaising with the People and Transformation team and Union representatives.
• Responsible for the induction of all new staff to the department, assisting them to become confident and effective members of the team.
• Manage pay and non-pay resources effectively, including staff rotas, maintaining equipment and stock levels, and initiating action to remedy deficiencies where appropriate. This would require managing the requirements and organisation of bank cover within the resources available.
• Take a lead role in initiating audits and presenting findings to multidisciplinary groups. To be a member of the maternity clinical and guideline teams involved in standard setting and developing guidelines and policies.
• To have a good working knowledge of Trust risk management objectives. To be involved in clinical governance, responsible and legally liable for acting on risk assessments.
• To lead the assessment of client requirements, including planning, prioritising and delegating activities to other health professionals.
• To have on-going responsibility for the clinical area, recognising changing priorities and implementing corrective actions to accommodate changing service needs, planning, implementing and evaluating the specialist care for antenatal clients. Along with ensuring adequate, safe staffing levels.
• Develop and maintain midwifery knowledge and practice by attending and participating in continuing professional development of others.
• To understand their own role and scope, identify own development needs and take responsibility for their continuing professional development and performance whilst maintaining a continuing professional development plan in accordance with registration requirements.
• To undertake mandatory training updates and other relevant courses in line with Trust and local policies.
• To ensure appropriate channels of high levels of professional practice, reporting any concerns to the management team as is necessary.
• To be involved with implementation of Government reports within the Division.
• To contribute to the development of a learning environment and lead practice and education training in the full range of midwifery skills.
• To have a good working knowledge and appreciation of the Trusts risk management objectives.
• Act as a professional role model for others, auditing, evaluation and reviewing the quality of work, demonstrating competent and accountable clinical practice, recognising poor practice and instigating any necessary competency/disciplinary procedures where appropriate, in line with Trust policy.
• To keep up to date and act consistently with quality standards and guidelines within their own clinical area and associated areas
• Ensure participation and consultation with all stakeholders when considering or implanting changes in the service locally.
• To have a good working knowledge of health and safety issues in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Promote best practice in safety and security of self and others in own work area.
• To identify and assess potential risk in work activities and how to manage these risks appropriately.
• Accountable for own professional actions undertaking all duties having regard to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct for the nurse, midwife and health visitor and their professional contribution to Clinical Governance.
• Not directly supervised, to act independently, using own initiative as an autonomous practitioner.
• Is guided by Trust protocols and codes of conduct.
• All employees have a duty and a responsibility to protect and safeguard children.
• Have an awareness of the child protection procedures and liaise with multi-agencies with regard to referrals and on-going plans of care.

Please see detailed Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of post registration education

Desirable

• NIPE qualification

Work Experience
Essential

• Registered Midwife with broad experience and recent antenatal experience
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills to work co-operatively with all members of a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Evidence of successful change management
• Evidence of participation in audit and research

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential

• Knowledge & understanding of research/evidence based practice and its application to midwifery practice
• Knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance
• Knowledge of current developments/issues in midwifery
• Knowledge of public health issues/child protection
• Evidence of Change management skills
• Advanced clinical skills and proactive approach to teaching

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Antenatal Clinic, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Matron
Liz Haines
liz.haines@nbt.nhs.uk
07767951325