Job summary
NHS Band 5 Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time, 37.5 hrs (part time considered)
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you want to work in an organisation that values you as an individual, in a team that provides multi-disciplinary support, encourages your development, and values your contribution? If so, come and join our fantastic team.

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to be able to facilitate approximately 5000 births per year. As a Trust, we are lucky to have standalone birth centres, co-located units, and home birth options. This really is an exciting time to come and work for Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust as we move forward with our future visions.

Please note this role is only open to Newly Qualified Midwife applicants or Band 5 midwives who have not previously undertaken a preceptorship programme.

Interview information
Your interview will consist of two stages: a Clinical Scenarios assessment followed by a Panel Interview. Candidates who successfully clear the clinical scenarios will be invited to attend a panel interview.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will:

• Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
• Deliver excellent levels of service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
• Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the Government's policies on Health.
• Act as an advocate for the Trust & its contribution to the Health Service arena through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.
• Support the Trust culture of collaborative, flexible cross-team working and commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes, which support the Government's policies on public health.
• If your employment is conditional upon you continuing to be registered with the inappropriate professional body. The Trust will require evidence of current registration.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Job responsibilities
Following your successful appointment, you will be welcomed by the Midwifery Preceptorship Lead and enrolled onto Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust's tailored Midwifery Preceptorship Programme. Designed in line with the NHS England National Preceptorship Framework, the programme provides a structured and supportive transition from student midwife to confident, autonomous registered practitioner.

Throughout the programme, you will receive dedicated professional, clinical and pastoral support to help consolidate your knowledge, skills and confidence, enabling you to develop safe, effective and compassionate practice within a supportive learning environment.

Portsmouth's Maternity Service offers exposure to a wide range of specialist midwifery roles and pathways, supported by strong multidisciplinary working and close links with our Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This provides valuable opportunities to develop expertise in the management of complex maternity and neonatal care, broaden clinical experience, and strengthen the foundations for future career progression.

On completion of the preceptorship programme, support continues through our Beyond Preceptorship Programme. This phase focuses on ongoing wellbeing and pastoral support, reflective practice, career aspirations, and professional development, helping midwives to further enhance their skills, explore specialist interests, and progress within their chosen career pathway.

We are a forward-thinking and innovative Trust, committed to developing and encouraging their personnel to progress within their career. As a thank you for the hard work and dedication of our staff, we offer an excellent benefits package and just a few of those benefits include:

• On-site childcare
• Salary finance schemes
• Health service discounts
• Interest free season ticket loans (travel)
• Onsite gym, swimming pool and fitness classes
• Staff wellbeing services
• Free hire of beach hut

For full details of the job role please see attached Job description.

Qualifications
Essential

• NMC Registered Midwife/Newly qualified awaiting registration.
• This role is only open to Newly Qualified Midwife applicants or Band 5 midwives who have not previously undertaken a preceptorship programme.

Experience
Essential

• To work towards and commit to midwifery preceptorship programme.

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Practice in accordance with the NMC code
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and as an individual
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to demonstrate application of theory to practice
• Ability to develop and maintain record keeping systems and procedures.
• Articulate and knowledgeable in current health care issues
• Skill in organising resources and establishing priorities
• The ability to work using own initiative and without supervision
• Ability to make sound clinical decisions and exercise professional judgement
• Ability to demonstrate confidentiality and trustworthiness
• Ability to calmly identify priorities and react accordingly

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.