Any band 5 NHS Staff working 30 ish hours?

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I’m soon to qualify as a midwife. In my trust we start on the mid point of band 5 until we have completed our preceptorship and then move to band 6.

During my training I’m worked an average of 40 hours a week for free as well as doing my degree. Once I qualify I’ll be working less!!

I am trying to work out what I can get away with whilst my son Is still small.

So anybody on band 5 midpoint (or first point) what are you taking home and how many hour please? I will be paying maximum pension too.

Than you for any replies.

Bumping for the evening crowd

https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk/
This will give you a rough idea, you can input tax code & pension % too.
But if you’re doing unsocial hours it’ll vary month to month.

How many unsocial hours will you be doing? Why are you asking about the midpoint as I presume you’ll be starting on the first point?

I will be a newly qualified midwife. We start on band 5 for a year and then move to band 6 after completing our preceptorship (a year usually).

In my trust, NQM start on the midpoint of band 5. I have no idea on unsocial hours as I’ll be rotating around areas and won’t have a set rota. I’m interested in the worse case scenario so normal hours x30 a week. Then anything else is a bonus on top.

Starting on midpoint 5 is a dream!!

My best estimate based on my own previous salaries is minimum 1650ish. Likely to be earning 1800 if you do the odd night shift or weekend a month. A friend who did almost all unsocial hours on the same pay point and 30 hours cleared 2000.

I'm top band 5 30 hours weekday office hours so no unsocial hours, and I get around £1700 a month, I pay pension at 9.8%.

When you start your new role, check the tax code on your first pay, make sure the HMRC have allocated you the correct tax code. All jobs I've had as a nurse, my first pay has always been at the wrong tax code until the HMRC have heard from payroll of the employer and then it gets amended to the correct tax code allowance.

Good luck starting your first job.

Thank you. The tax code check has been noted!

The pension really eats it up doesn’t it? I’m top of band 3 (half way through nursing apprenticeship) 37.5 hours office hours and take home just over £100 less than you. Hardly worth it is it?! Guess I’ll keep going and do my post grad to be band 6…

I'm mid band 5, 30 hours but don't pay into pension. I get £1724 p/m :)

It is good you get to start on mid point of band 5 as we had to start on the lowest point. You’ll probably be rotating and doing at least 50% nights/weekends so that does put your pay up a lot. I know band 7s who have asked taken on specialist/management roles but found they were so much worse off than when a band 6 doing shifts. I can totally understand you wanting to cut your hours once qualified after 3 gruelling years but really would advise doing at least 30 hours a week for at least the 1st year as you’ll find you’ll be judged on exactly the same level as others who qualified with you after 6 months or a year as regardless of whether you do 18 hours or full time with overtime. I went part time after qualifying and was lovely in terms of family life but my newly qualified colleagues got much more experience, had their face seem and ultimately respect and no one understands why you are not working at the same level as them as quickly

Hourly pay rates -

https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202324

Maryin Lewis take home pay calc

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/tax-calculator/

it’s tricky to be exact as you won’t know your unsocial pay? But you could work out the hourly rate for non unsocials and that would be your lowest pay.

Please reconsider the pension. Your future self will thank you several times over.