Senior Maternity Safety & Operations Lead

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Day nurseries

Stagecoach bus travel subsidy

Park and Ride free travel

Free parking subsidy on-site

24/7 hot food on CUH campus

Staff pod break spaces

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior midwife to provide visible clinical and operational leadership across maternity services. The role involves coordinating staffing, activity and patient flow, including nights, weekends and bank holidays, ensuring safe care and effective escalation of capacity and safety issues.

You will work with the Midwifery Manager of the Day and collaborate with ward/area managers, the Trust Operations Centre and the wider MDT to

Responsibilities

• Provide visible senior midwifery and operational leadership across maternity services, including nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Coordinate and oversee maternity staffing, activity, capacity and patient flow, responding promptly to changes in clinical demand.
• Assess maternity staffing requirements and support safe deployment or redeployment of staff according to activity and acuity.

Job description

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a senior midwife to provide visible clinical and operational leadership across maternity services. The role involves coordinating staffing, activity and patient flow, including nights, weekends and bank holidays, ensuring safe care and effective escalation of capacity and safety issues.

You will work with the Midwifery Manager of the Day and collaborate with ward/area managers, the Trust Operations Centre and the wider MDT to