midwife

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Shopping concourse

Day nurseries

Bus travel discount

Free Park & Ride

Parking subsidy

24/7 hot meals

Staff pod café

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, home to Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital, is recruiting Band 4/6 midwives for its award-winning maternity service. You will provide compassionate, evidence-based care across pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period within a multidisciplinary team.

The Rosie Hospital offers a state-of-the-art Birth Centre and one of the UK's largest neonatal units, with a strong focus on staff development, innovation and research, under the values

Job description

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic midwife looking for your next career opportunity?

We are seeking compassionate, motivated Band 4 Midwives to join our award-winning maternity service at The Rosie Hospital. Working within one of the UK's leading maternity and tertiary referral centres, you will provide safe, personalised and evidence-based care to women, birthing people and their families across pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

The Rosie offers a unique environment with a state-of-the-art Birth Centre, specialist services, one of the largest neonatal units in the UK and a strong commitment to staff development, innovation and research.

We are looking for midwives who demonstrate excellent clinical skills, professional leadership and a passion for delivering outstanding care. If you share our values of Together, Safe, Kind and Excellent, we would love to hear from you.

As a registered Midwife, you will provide safe, compassionate, evidence-based care to women and families throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will use your clinical expertise and professional judgement to support women with both straightforward and complex maternity needs.

This is a rotational Band 6 midwifery position, with the initial placement within the CARES Team at The Rosie Hospital. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Elective Caesarean Birth pathway, working closely with women and families to optimise their preparation, experience and recovery.

The role offers a unique opportunity to develop specialist skills in enhanced recovery, pre-operative assessment, education and care planning, while contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives. You will work collaboratively with obstetric, anaesthetic, neonatal and midwifery colleagues to ensure women receiveseamless, personalised care throughout their maternity journey.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife with excellent communication skills, a commitment to delivering high-quality woman-centred care, and a passion for innovation and improving maternity services.

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., 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.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, 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.

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

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 café, 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.