Bracken Birth Centre Midwife

You'll provide holistic, individualised care to women, birthing people and their babies, supporting informed choice and promoting positive birth experiences. This includes:

You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods, undertaking risk assessments, escalating concerns appropriately, and maintaining accurate and timely records. You will advocate for women and families, provide emotional support during sensitive situations, and promote informed choice and continuity of care wherever possible.

Working collaboratively with obstetricians, neonatal teams, health visitors, GPs, maternity support workers, infant feeding teams and safeguarding services, you will help deliver seamless care across maternity pathways. You will contribute to patient safety initiatives, quality improvement projects, clinical governance, audits, incident reporting and the implementation of evidence-based care.

Within the Birth Centre, you will utilise your clinical expertise to provide calm, confident intrapartum care, supporting water birth, active labour and personalised birth preferences within a welcoming midwifery-led environment. You will be encouraged to maintain, develop and extend your clinical skills, including perineal suturing, cannulation, newborn resuscitation and obstetric emergency management.

You will manage a small caseload of women and birthing people, providing maternity care, safeguarding support and parent education, while also participating in the on-call rota and attending home births.

As a Band 6 Midwife, you will provide visible leadership within the team, supporting the development of students, newly qualified midwives and maternity support workers through supervision, teaching and assessment. You will contribute to the day-to-day running of the service and help foster a culture of learning, collaboration and continuous improvement.

We are looking for a flexible, enthusiastic and compassionate midwife with excellent communication skills, emotional resilience and a commitment to providing kind, respectful and personalised care to every family.

Join us and be part of a compassionate, innovative maternity service that values your skills, supports your development and prioritises your wellbeing.

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Neonatal Life Support; - Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination qualification (NIPE) or working towards

Experience

Desirable: - Completed preceptorship; - Management of homebirth and water birth

Additional Criteria