Consultant Midwife Salary
What Is The Salary Of A Consultant Midwife?
When it comes to a general Midwife Salary, Consultancy is at the higher end of the pay scale and is a role many midwives strive to get to within their careers. As far as a Consultant Midwife Salary actually goes, you can be looking at anything in excess of £40,000 per annum. Consultant Midwives can be known to earn as much as £80,000 per annum.
The slide in pay scale will depend on many factors including role and career experience, as well as the area of the UK, they are working within. London for example pays higher when it comes to Midwife Salaries than other areas of the UK, especially inner London.
Age can also be a factor that determines the actual Consultant Midwife Salary you can command and you do tend to find that the older you are, the more you can command as far as salary goes. This is generally based on career experience.
When it comes to the actual role and job description of a consultant midwife, what does this actually include?
Consultant Midwife Role
The role and job description of a Consultant Midwife combines the job duties of a general midwife, with the management and team leading duties too. From general midwifery and working with mothers during and after pregnancy, a Consultant Midwife will also offer guidance, training and advice to colleagues and other in-training midwives.
Due to the role and job duties required by of a consultant midwife, it is easy to see why the average Consultant Midwife Salary is much higher than a general midwife and the more duties the consultant midwife is asked to take on, the more salary is generally commanded.
To become a consultant midwife you would need to have worked up through the NHS bands from general midwifery. By training and progressing up through the bands, becoming a consultant midwife is one of the higher roles and your experience and time served work will help. There is a requirement of at least 3 years as a registered nurse qualification and further specialist training to a master’s level.
This also shows why a Consultant Midwife Salary is higher than that of normal, or team leader midwifery.