Job summary
- Main area
- Midwife
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9074
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per anum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 6 Clinical Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
This is an opportunity to join our friendly and dynamic team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for experienced midwives with at least two years’ experience at a band 6 level.
The successful candidate must demonstrate enthusiasm, motivation, flexibility and a passion for midwifery. We strive to provide an outstanding standard of care for every woman and her family every time.
We need midwives who can evidence professional integrity and an honest approach to embracing new opportunities and challenges.
Main duties of the job
Ensuring the provision of safe, clinically effective, evidence based individualised care to all
women who are either planning a pregnancy, during the course of pregnancy, labour or
post-partum period.
This role will involve working as part of a team across all areas of the maternity services
including the birth centre to respond to the needs of women and their families, providing
support and advise based upon current research and public health agenda.
You will take charge of the ward/department in the absence of more senior staff and
facilitate teaching, learning and development of all staff and students.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Application form and interview
Essential criteria
- Midwife with NMC registration
- At least 2 years experience as a band 6 midwife
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- NIPE practitioner
- Practice assessor
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Becky Roberts
- Job title
- Maternity Inpatient matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
- Additional information
01722 336262 ex 3420
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