# Telephone Triage Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/telephone-triage-midwife/f8f67368-9963-43d3-b1fd-279f6c029398 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/telephone-triage-midwife/f8f67368-9963-43d3-b1fd-279f6c029398.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Frimley Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (day and night shifts, including weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-08T14:22:05.585Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Bicester/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwives/Midwives-v8320422 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8320422?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of collaborative care/referral with other agencies related to maternity care. - Up to date experience within all areas of midwifery, particularly low and high-risk antenatal care. - Experience in providing clinical advice over the telephone. - Experience of managing a ward area. **Desirable** - Experience in guideline development and implementation - Able to demonstrate achievement in service improvement. - Experience of audit. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Current on the NMC register - Mentorship / PSPA / SLIP qualification - Evidence of CPD - Completed preceptorship. **Desirable** - Leadership / management training - Audit experience - Registered nurse ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Effective and enhanced internet and IT skills and good understanding of various IT software. - Demonstrates competence in dealing with obstetric emergencies in hospital and community setting, both patient facing and via directed guidance over the telephone. - Maintains confidentiality and data protection needs - Excellent communication skills – ability to listen and respond appropriately to people, especially over the telephone. - Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and influencing skills **Desirable** - Knowledge of clinical governance processes/ risk management. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [telephone triage midwife (doc, 146.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10679644) ## 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.