Lead Midwife - Fetal Medicine

Do you have experience in Fetal Medicine? Are you ready to progress your leadership and management skills?

This advert is for a part time (0.8WTE) Band 7 Lead Midwife for Fetal Medicine at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be an experienced Midwife responsible for the delivery of Fetal Medicine services at St Michael's Hospital. Applicants will be existing Band 6/7 practising Midwives who will lead and work as members of the multidisciplinary team within the maternity service across Bristol and Weston. They will act as an expert resource and role model for the multi-disciplinary team, maternity service, division and trust.

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; administration of invasive tests and procedures.
• 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.
• Be visible, assertive, coordinating all aspects of patient care and staff management.
• To participate in the maternity Flow rota.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand 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 theSouth Westhas to offer.

Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

387-W&C5743-GE

Job locations

St Michaels Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree qualification or equivalent
• Teaching/Mentoring qualification and evidence of teaching skills
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Child protection training

Experience - Desirable

Desirable

• Experience in operating laser and assisting with fetoscopic laser photocoagulation and other procedures required within FMU
• Ability to perform and interpret basic ultrasound assessment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Can build effective working relationships with staff at all levels across different teams in the hospital and across the region (including neonatal, gynaecology, fetal medicine, delivery suite, patient safety and psychology) to co-ordinate patient care
• Ability to work across a variety of digital platforms, and collate and analyse data for pregnancy outcomes
• Can work independently as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of the MDT and be organised in the practice environment.
• Be actively engaged in service development, commissioning, and provision of complex care pathways.
• Can demonstrate leadership / management Skills
• Ability to initiate change
• Ability to facilitate development in others

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication / Interpersonal skills
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Sympathetic and supportive attitude
• Flexibility to meet the daily needs of the job
• Supportive
• Collaborative
• Respectful
• Innovative

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of working within Fetal Medicine
• Experience in clinical procedures specific to Fetal Medicine Unit

Desirable

• Extended clinical midwifery skills

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree qualification or equivalent
• Teaching/Mentoring qualification and evidence of teaching skills
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Child protection training

Experience - Desirable

Desirable

• Experience in operating laser and assisting with fetoscopic laser photocoagulation and other procedures required within FMU
• Ability to perform and interpret basic ultrasound assessment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Can build effective working relationships with staff at all levels across different teams in the hospital and across the region (including neonatal, gynaecology, fetal medicine, delivery suite, patient safety and psychology) to co-ordinate patient care
• Ability to work across a variety of digital platforms, and collate and analyse data for pregnancy outcomes
• Can work independently as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of the MDT and be organised in the practice environment.
• Be actively engaged in service development, commissioning, and provision of complex care pathways.
• Can demonstrate leadership / management Skills
• Ability to initiate change
• Ability to facilitate development in others

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication / Interpersonal skills
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Sympathetic and supportive attitude
• Flexibility to meet the daily needs of the job
• Supportive
• Collaborative
• Respectful
• Innovative

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of working within Fetal Medicine
• Experience in clinical procedures specific to Fetal Medicine Unit

Desirable

• Extended clinical midwifery skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Michaels Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Michaels Hospital

Southwell Street

Bristol

BS2 8EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

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

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree qualification or equivalent
• Teaching/Mentoring qualification and evidence of teaching skills
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Child protection training

Experience - Desirable

Desirable

• Experience in operating laser and assisting with fetoscopic laser photocoagulation and other procedures required within FMU
• Ability to perform and interpret basic ultrasound assessment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Can build effective working relationships with staff at all levels across different teams in the hospital and across the region (including neonatal, gynaecology, fetal medicine, delivery suite, patient safety and psychology) to co-ordinate patient care
• Ability to work across a variety of digital platforms, and collate and analyse data for pregnancy outcomes
• Can work independently as an autonomous practitioner as well as part of the MDT and be organised in the practice environment.
• Be actively engaged in service development, commissioning, and provision of complex care pathways.
• Can demonstrate leadership / management Skills
• Ability to initiate change
• Ability to facilitate development in others

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication / Interpersonal skills
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Sympathetic and supportive attitude
• Flexibility to meet the daily needs of the job
• Supportive
• Collaborative
• Respectful
• Innovative

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience
• Experience of working within Fetal Medicine
• Experience in clinical procedures specific to Fetal Medicine Unit

Desirable

• Extended clinical midwifery skills