Registered Midwives (RM)

You’ll mainly deal with pregnant women requiring professional support and advice. You are likely to be the lead health professional and contact for a woman, providing evidence-based information and helping her make informed choices about the options and services available throughout her pregnancy.  

You’ll be the expert on childbirth and your responsibilities are likely to be diverse. You’ll: 

• provide full antenatal care, including parenting classes, clinical examinations and screening
• identify women with complex needs
• monitor women and support them during labour and the birthing process
• teach new and expectant mothers how to feed, care for and bathe their babies 

You could be working with women from a variety of backgrounds and you will need to be confident enough to communicate with d

As a midwife, you'll need to:

• monitor and examine women during pregnancy and birth
• develop, assess and evaluate individual programmes of care
• provide full antenatal care, including screening tests, examinations and parenting classes
• identify high risk pregnancies and make referrals to doctors and other medical specialists
• arrange and provide parenting and health education
• provide counselling and advice before and after screening and tests
• offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• supervise and assist mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus and applying knowledge of drugs and pain management
• give support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing and

• 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English, maths and science.
• 2 or 3 A levels, including a science, or a level 3 diploma or access to higher education in health, science or nursing.
• a degree in a relevant subject for postgraduate study.

Midwives in the UK are paid under the NHS Agenda for Change pay system.

• Band 5 (newly qualified): about £28,407 – £34,581 per year

• Band 6 (experienced midwives): about £35,392 – £42,618

• Band 7 (senior roles): about £43,742 – £50,056+

Extra earnings may come from:

• Night shifts

• Weekend shifts

• Overtime or locum work

• Employer visa sponsorship