Senior Maternity Safety & Operations Lead

Transformation Unit; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Site Safety Midwife (Band 7) at Addenbrooke's Hospital to lead maternity services with a strong focus on patient safety and operational excellence.

The Senior Midwife will coordinate staffing, patient flow and capacity, provide expert clinical advice, and support emergency response planning and site safety activities. This role requires strategic leadership across shifts, including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Current and relevant registration on NMC.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• ILS and NBLS certifications or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible senior midwifery and operational leadership, with support and direction from the Midwifery Manager of the Day.
• Coordinate and oversee maternity staffing, activity, capacity and patient flow, responding promptly to changes in clinical demand.
• Assess maternity staffing requirements and support the safe deployment or redeployment of staff according to activity, acuity and service need.
• Recognise and escalated concerns relating to staffing, capacity, safeguarding, patient flow and clinical safety.
• Work closely with ward and area managers, on-call teams, the Trust Operations Centre and other healthcare providers to maintain safe and effective services.
• Support the maternity response to emergency and major-incident arrangements.
• Provide specialist clinical and operational advice to colleagues and act as an accessible senior point of support.
• Attend relevant site-safety meetings and represent maternity and gynaecology services as required.
• Monitor and contribute to data collection relating to maternity red flags, staffing redeployment and emergency activity, using this information to support improvement.
• Promote incident reporting, support initial reviews of complaints and safety incidents, and ensure that learning and required actions are communicated appropriately.
• Act as a professional role model, promoting high standards of care, professional behaviour and collaborative working.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Prioritisation

Newborn life support

Liaison & negotiation

Education

NMC registration

ILS

NBLS

Job description

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Site Safety Midwife (Band 7) at Addenbrooke's Hospital to lead maternity services with a strong focus on patient safety and operational excellence.

The Senior Midwife will coordinate staffing, patient flow and capacity, provide expert clinical advice, and support emergency response planning and site safety activities. This role requires strategic leadership across shifts, including nights and weekends.