Site Safety Midwife

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking a Site Safety Midwife to join their dedicated team at The Rosie Hospital. You will lead clinical and operational aspects of midwifery services, ensuring quality care and safety across various shifts. The ideal candidate will have a strong leadership background, relevant nursing qualification, and ability to work in a collaborative environment. This role offers a unique opportunity for professional growth in a supportive atmosphere.

Benefits

Career and development opportunities

Preceptorship and mentoring programmes

Research experience and opportunities

Qualifications

• Requires registration on NMC and continuous professional development.
• Experience managing ward/unit needed.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and patient flow.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership across the Trust.
• Ensure a safe and effective nursing service to patients.
• Manage staff and accountable for service quality.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Ability to prioritize work

Basic Newborn Life Support

Liaison and negotiation skills

Education

Current and relevant registration on NMC

Evidence of continuous professional development

Management/leadership training

Job description

Site Safety Midwife

The closing date is 04 January 2026

We are looking to appoint a Senior Midwife with relevant operational understanding to join our site safety team adding to our exciting structure providing quality and safety for operational working across our service at The Rosie Hospital. You will provide clinical and operational nursing and midwifery leadership, with support and direction of the senior team, across the Trust during the week, night shifts, weekends & Bank Holidays.

You will join a team of other experienced Band 7 midwives to ensure our service remains safe, kind and excellent; in the deployment of safe staffing across all our areas to maintain flow through the Unit. An understanding of staffing red flags, nursing and midwifery acuity and quality improvement methodology would be an advantage.

We are proud of our maternity service and are on an exciting maternity improvement journey. You will be supported within your role by the senior leadership team and personal and professional growth is encouraged.

Please note there are two posts available: Permanent (23 hours) Fixed term/Secondment (28.75hrs)

Main duties of the job

• Providing Clinical and operational nursing and midwifery leadership with support and direction, of the Manager of the Day (MOTD) across the Trust during the week, night shifts, weekends & Bank Holidays.
• Maintaining a visible professional presence where patients, carers and staff can turn for senior assistance, advice and support and upon whom they can rely to ensure that the fundamental and specialist aspects of care are met.
• Being responsible for the provision of a safe, effective and progressive nursing and midwifery service to patients.
• Supporting the Midwifery Manager of the Day (MOTD) in ensuring that services meet agreed targets within the resources available.
• Managing staff and being accountable for the quality of services (both clinical and non‑clinical) delivered within the span of authority. This includes redeployment of staff to meet the needs of the service across the trust.
• Participating in specified projects and areas of improvement work which reflect clinical, professional and corporate aim.

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

Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.

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
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

About 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)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current and relevant registration on NMC
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• ILS
• NBLS
• Senior Midwife Post at ward level
• Management/leadership training

Experience

• Some experience of managing a ward/unit
• Success in working collaboratively across professions and services
• Experience of operational bleep
• Research experience
• Demonstrable success in managing change

Knowledge

• Clinical practice demonstrable knowledge of developments in nursing and midwifery policy and practice.
• Clinical governance and risk
• Patient flow, divert and escalation policy
• Health rostering to support safe staffing.
• Workforce planning, recruitment and retention
• Knowledge, understanding of the Maternity Transformation Programme

Skills

• Ability to lead and motivate and empower others.
• Communication skills including: interpersonal skills, writing and presentation skills.
• Basic Newborn life support
• Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
• Liaison and negotiation skills

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust