Site Safety Midwife

Main area Midwifery Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment post available to December 2027) Hours 23 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered.) Job
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Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division E Town Cambridge Salary £47,810 - £54,710 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 03/11/2026

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.

• 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 raise 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.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrookes 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.

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