Fetal Medicine Operational Network - Regional Lead Midwife

Main area Maternity Grade Band 8a Contract 12 months (Fixed term contract / Secondment Monday
- Friday) Hours Part time - 12 hours per week Job
-W&C3783-GE

Employer Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St Michael's Hospital Town Bristol Salary £57,528 - £64,750 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/09/2026 23:59

North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have merged as of 1 st July 2026 to become Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. This will create an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Are you an experienced Registered Midwife with an interest Fetal Medicine.

If so, we have a rare and exciting opportunity to join the Fetal Medicine Operational Network as the Regional Lead Midwife .

The post holder will be the strategic and midwifery lead for the regional Operational Network (ODN) - specialising in Fetal Medicine .

Through strong leadership and effective management, the Lead Midwife for the FMU ODN will promote and deliver excellence while maintaining and continually improving clinical standards.

The clinical networks bring stakeholders together – providers, commissioners and patients–tocreateanalignmentaroundprogrammesoftransformationalworkthatwillimprove care for those families needing to access Fetal Medicine Units.

Th post holder will support the FM ODN to providetheclinicalexpertiseandleadershiptodrivecommissioning decision-making, measure and benchmark quality and outcomes, and share best practice and  this way, the networks:

• Improve quality outcomes.
• Reduce unacceptable variations in care
• Act as champions for patients and their interests and involve the public and patients in policy-development and decision-making.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as Good overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

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