# Preceptorship Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Isle of Wight NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/preceptorship-midwife/8c5c662e-26ff-4e42-8cc3-84f3af8deb8b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/preceptorship-midwife/8c5c662e-26ff-4e42-8cc3-84f3af8deb8b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Isle of Wight NHS Trust - **Location:** St Mary's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-13T16:10:34.529Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Isle_Wight/Newport_Isle_Wight/Isle_Wight_NHS_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8436631 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8436631?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.iow.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 5: £32,073 pro rata, per annum Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) Permanent Position We are recruiting a Preceptorship midwife who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our women, birthing people and families receive high quality and compassionate care in co-production with our service users and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey. Each year we help approximately 1000 families prepare for their journey into parenthood. By joining our trust, you will get a unique opportunity to provide care by working across all areas of the service. Our labour ward has five delivery rooms including one with a birthing pool, as well as a dedicated maternity only theatre. Midwives work within an integrated model and are encouraged to follow women and birthing people from the antenatal ward to the labour ward through to the postnatal ward. You will need to be motivated, and committed to delivering high quality evidenced based care, and open to embrace positive change and transformation to meet the changing needs of the community we serve. ### Main duties of the job As a newly qualified midwife you will be supported by our Recruitment and Retention midwives along with our team of clinical leads and practice development midwives. You will undertake a robust preceptorship programme which encompasses both clinical and pastoral support, with dedicated time to attend additional teaching and development days. Following an extended supernumerary period, you will be supported to develop skills and competencies in all areas of midwifery as you complete the preceptorship programme and prepare for transition to band 6 midwife. If you are interested in joining our team and share in our vision to provide safe, high quality seamless services delivered with courtesy and respect; we would like to hear from you. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services. We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Abilities **Essential** - Ability to function as a member of a multidisciplinary team - Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels in a sensitive manner - Good written skills - Good organisational skills - Ability to respond to stressful situations positively and ensure deadlines are met - Ability to exercise initiative - Commitment to Equal Opportunities - Willingness to adapt to a changing environment - Commitment to individualised care - Punctual and organised - Professional attitude ### Aptitudes **Essential** - Understanding of the role of midwife as defined by the NMC - An understanding of the NMC Code of Practice and Midwives Rules - An understanding of confidentiality issues - An interest in improving the standards of care - An understanding of all aspects of evidence-based midwifery practice ### Physical Skills **Essential** - All newly qualified midwives are expected to undertake a 1- 2 year preceptorship programme ### Communication Skills **Essential** - Team player - High Motivation - Good communication skills - Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills - Willingness to professionally develop self and others - Excellent time management skills ### Qualifications and role specific knowledge **Essential** - Registered Midwife – currently registered to practice ## Documents - [preceptorship midwife job description (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10771905) - [rehabilitation of offenders act information (doc, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=248) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.