Site Safety Midwife

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

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior midwife who is passionate about patient safety, effective operational leadership and the delivery of safe, kind and excellent care. Working closely with the Midwifery Manager of the Day, the postholder will provide visible clinical and operational leadership across maternity services, including during nights, weekends and bank holidays. You will support the safe coordination of maternity activity, staffing and patient flow. They will provide senior advice and direction to clinical teams, respond to emerging operational pressures and ensure that concerns relating to capacity, acuity, staffing and safety are identified, escalated and managed appropriately. You will be a calm, credible and approachable leader who can make effective decisions in complex and rapidly changing situations. You will work collaboratively with maternity teams, ward and area managers, the Trust Operations Centre and the wider multidisciplinary team to maintain safe services and support the best possible experience and outcomes for women, birthing people, babies and families. The role also provides an opportunity to contribute to service improvement through the monitoring of maternity red flags, staffing redeployments, emergency activity and other safety information. You need excellent communication, prioritisation and decision-making skills, together with the ability to remain professionally composed while managing competing demands. The Site Safety Midwife will:

• 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 escal…

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., 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

• 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.