Midwives look after women and their babies during pregnancy, and during and after birth. They give advice to individuals and groups, before and after the birth of a baby. This job is open to both women and men.
You could be:
On the NHS Agenda for Change salary scale, as a midwife you start on Band 5, £25,100 to £31,649 a year. With experience this would rise to Band 6, £31,800 to £39,169 a year.
A midwife team manager can earn on Band 7, £39,300 to £46,006 a year.
The current pay scales are from April 2020.
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Most midwives work in the National Health Service (NHS), but you might also be able to work in private hospitals, clinics and the Armed Forces. You can find NHS job vacancies in Scotland by visiting NHS Scotland Recruitment.
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You should be:
The Scottish Government runs the One Year Job Guarantee (OYJG) Scheme for newly qualified nurses and midwives to help improve their chances of finding work as well as developing their skills. The positions are one-year fixed term contracts at 22.5 hours a week, set at grade 5 on the NHS Agenda for Change pay scale. For further details contact NHS Education for Scotland.
The Royal College of Midwifery has an excellent resource on their website, Want to be a Midwife?, which includes videos on people working in the profession.
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The following organisations may be able to provide further information.
Disclosure Scotland
Tel: 03000 2000 40
E-mail:
info@disclosurescotland.gov.scot
Website:
https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/
Twitter:
@DisclosureScot
NHS Scotland Careers
Website:
http://www.careers.nhs.scot
Website (2):
https://jobs.scot.nhs.uk/
Twitter:
@NHSScotCareers
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NHSScotlandCareers/
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Tel: 020 7637 7181
E-mail:
UKenquiries@nmc-uk.org
Website:
https://www.nmc.org.uk
Twitter:
@nmcnews
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nmcuk
Royal College of Midwives
Tel: 0300 303 0444
E-mail:
info@rcm.org.uk
Website:
http://www.rcm.org.uk/
Twitter:
@MidwivesRCM
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MidwivesRCM/
Royal College of Nursing Scotland
Website:
http://www.rcn.org.uk/scotland/
Twitter:
@RCNScot
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/royalcollegeofnursing
Skills for Health
Tel: 0207 388 8800
E-mail:
contactus@skillsforhealth.org.uk
Website:
http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/
Twitter:
@Skillsforhealth
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/skillsforhealth1
Skills for Health is the Sector Skills Council for the health sector.