Delivery Unit Coordinator

Cambridge University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced midwife to lead the Delivery Unit, ensuring safe, kind and personalised care. You will supervise day-to-day operations, coordinate staff, and participate in multidisciplinary rounds to uphold high standards of maternity services.

The role requires strong clinical leadership, NMC registration, and a Midwifery degree with ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current practice registration.
• Degree in Midwifery or equivalent experience with ongoing professional development.
• Strong leadership and clinical governance understanding.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical leadership across Delivery Unit teams.
• Oversee staff rotas, sickness absence and staff wellbeing.
• Collaborate with Matron, ward managers and clinical leads to ensure high standards.
• Lead multidisciplinary rounds and coordinate perinatal meetings.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Perineal suturing

Cannulation

Epidural management

Team development

Interpersonal skills

Education

Midwifery degree

NMC registration

Portfolio of professional development

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic midwife with expert clinical and leadership experience to fill this position as a Delivery Unit Coordinator.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for the day to day clinical leadership and standards of midwifery services, including all staff groups, students and visitors within the Delivery Unit and have responsibility for the management and coordination of these teams.

They will demonstrate effective and compassionate leadership skills to support staff to provide kind, safe, personalised care based on current research. They will organise others in their actions and set priorities, objectives and goals within their sphere of responsibility.

They will participate in multidisciplinary team ward rounds on Delivery Unit and daily perinatal liaison meetings taking into account the theatre schedule and booked inductions of labour for prospective twenty four hours.

They will work in collaboration with the Matron for Delivery Unit, the inpatient maternity ward managers, the senior management team and clinical leads to ensure high standards of quality care provision on the Delivery Unit and will assist in taking the quality and improvement agenda forward within the department.

They will be highly visible, approachable and committed to improving maternal and neonatal outcomes while supporting staff from a clinical and non-clinical perspective.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the day to day running of the service, providing effective and dynamic clinical leadership and support to all midwives, support staff and students working on Delivery Unit while proactively seeking to develop the service and promote and improve high standards of care.

Support and develop the team on the Delivery unit to ensure an effective learning environment, work collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective working relationships.

Actively contribute to the strategic development of the services to meet both the present and future provision of maternity services in line with the Trust, Regional and National objectives.

Assist in the development of the professional midwifery agenda to achieve high standards of care and innovation with a strong focus on kind, safe and personalised care.

Demonstrate innovation through the maintenance of a quality approach to service provision by monitoring and evaluating standards of care and ensuring quality targets and KPIs are met within Delivery Unit.

Oversee staff duty rotas to ensure the Delivery Unit has appropriate staff and skill mix to provide safe care within available resources and have responsibility for the operational management of personnel issues such as the management of sickness absence and support of staff wellbeing.

Support staff to report and elevate incidents, dealing with complaints and handling sensitive issues.

About us

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

All roles in the Trust include a mandatory 12-week training period. Therefore successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

This post is subject to a 12-week probationary period, during which performance, conduct and attendance will be reviewed in line with Trust standards. The probationary period provides a structured and supportive approach to help new employees successfully transition into their role.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 4th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held in 14th October 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Degree in Midwifery or equivalent relevant experience
• Professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of relevant ongoing professional development
• NLS or equivalent
• ILS course or equivalent

Desirable

• NIPE qualification
• Leadership qualification
• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience

Experience

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the maternity service
• Evidence of relevant clinical updating
• Evidence of leadership, management and/or team development at a clinical level
• Robust understanding of related Guidelines and Policies and their revision

Desirable

• Involvement with clinical audit and research
• Use of computerised information system

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Aware of current research and its impact on evidence based care
  • Conversant with NMC rules governing practice
  • Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance
  • Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implication
  • Good all round knowledge of patient surveys and satisfaction questionnaires
  • Working knowledge of word, excel and PowerPoint applications

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of initiatives and programmes developed to support and maintain safe, kind, personalised birth in all birth settings

  Skills

  Essential

  • To be able to practice in all clinical areas in accordance with the NMC Code (2018)
  • Well-developed interpersonal and counselling skills
  • Excellent communications skills and ability to communicate difficult and contentious messages
  • Ability in perineal suturing, cannulation, I.V. drug additives and epidural management
  • Able to demonstrate contribution to changing practice
  • Demonstrate effective clinical leadership ability

  Desirable

  • Well-developed leadership skills
  • Demonstrate commitment to the implementation of evidence based practice

  Additional Requirements

  Essential

  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to travel between the Trust and the community services, as required
  • Support and develop midwifery-led care
  • The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together-safe, kind, excellent
  • Ability to be on call when required

  Desirable

  • Able to act up for Ward Manager/Matron
  • Ability to provide leadership for a multi disciplinary team

  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.

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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