Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of collaborative care/referral with other agencies related to maternity care.
- Experience
Up to date experience within all areas of midwifery, particularly low and high-risk antenatal care.
- Experience
Experience in providing clinical advice over the telephone.
- Experience
Experience of managing a ward area.
- Qualifications
Registered Midwife
- Qualifications
Current on the NMC register
- Qualifications
Mentorship / PSPA / SLIP qualification
- Qualifications
Evidence of CPD
- Qualifications
Completed preceptorship.
- Skills & Knowledge
Effective and enhanced internet and IT skills and good understanding of various IT software.
- Skills & Knowledge
Demonstrates competence in dealing with obstetric emergencies in hospital and community setting, both patient facing and via directed guidance over the telephone.
- Skills & Knowledge
Maintains confidentiality and data protection needs
- Skills & Knowledge
Excellent communication skills – ability to listen and respond appropriately to people, especially over the telephone.
- Skills & Knowledge
Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and influencing skills
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience in guideline development and implementation
- Experience
Able to demonstrate achievement in service improvement.
- Experience
Experience of audit.
- Qualifications
Leadership / management training
- Qualifications
Audit experience
- Qualifications
Registered nurse
- Skills & Knowledge
Knowledge of clinical governance processes/ risk management.
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Band 6 Telephone Triage Midwife to join our maternity team located in Bicester on a full-time basis.
This is an important role providing timely, safe and compassionate clinical advice to women and families contacting our maternity service. Working within the Telephone Triage Service, you will use your clinical expertise to assess concerns, identify risk, provide appropriate advice and ensure women are directed to the right care at the right time.
You will need to be a confident and experienced midwife with excellent communication skills, sound clinical judgement and the ability to make safe decisions while working autonomously.
Part-time hours or a job-share can be considered.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a midwife and a member of the midwifery team in all areas of the maternity service as required – i.e. Community, Antenatal Ward, Labour Ward, Postnatal Ward, Transitional Care Unit, Birth Centre, Antenatal Clinic, Maternity Assessment Centre, Maternity Triage and the Telephone Triage Service.
- All midwife practitioners will be Registered Midwives, accountable for their own midwifery practice and will be able to fulfil the following role through the ability to make decisions with current protocols and principles of care in compliance with the NMC’s Midwives Rules and Code of Midwifery Practice.
- This midwife will be experienced and will be able to demonstrate experience in all aspects of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
- She/he will be expected to continue with post-registration education and development to become a confident midwife able to provide care with the women either in the community or hospital environment.
- The post holder is required to take responsibility as a prime care provider in either the hospital or community setting. She/he will be confident in providing midwife led care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
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.
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This advert is for Telephone Triage Midwife with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in Frimley, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 18 Oct 2026.
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