Theatre Midwife

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 an exciting opportunity to start your rotation working with our multidisciplinary team in theatres, assisting with the elective caesarean sections. This rotation will be fixed for 2 years, after which you will join the rotations and have 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 delighted that we can offer rotational posts, giving you the opportunity to work as part of our team on the Ante/Postnatal Ward, Central Delivery Suite, Midwifery Led Units & our Transitional Care Unit. There is also the opportunity to work within our Antenatal Clinic, Day Assessment Unit and Fetal Medicine Unit. We are the major tertiary Fetal Medicine Unit for the South West providing highly specialist care for women & their babies.

Be able to work with the multidisciplinary team in theatres to support the elective caesarean sections

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

In addition, our rotational posts include the opportunity to work within the traditional community midwifery model across University Hospitals Bristol & Weston community settings or within one of our established Continuity of Carer teams.

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