Head of Midwifery – Perinatal Quality, Safety & Assurance

Head of Midwifery – Perinatal Quality, Safety & Assurance

Main area Maternity Services Grade 8c | Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment) |

Hours:

37.5 hours per week | Job
-E-267211

Employer:

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s Hospital – Town Cambridge) | Salary £79,504 – £91,609 per annum, pro‑rate | Salary period:
Yearly

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional senior midwifery leader to join our maternity leadership team. This key role provides strategic and operational leadership for quality, safety, governance, risk and assurance across maternity services. You will work closely with the Director of Midwifery, Deputy Chief Nurse, multidisciplinary teams and service users to lead continuous improvement and ensure the delivery of safe, personalised and equitable care for women, babies and families.

You will oversee maternity governance and assurance processes, promote learning from incidents and investigations, and drive the delivery of national and local maternity safety priorities.

• Provide leadership for maternity quality, safety and governance
• Lead maternity assurance, risk management and compliance programmes
• Drive quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
• Support learning from incidents, complaints, reviews and investigations
• Lead assurance reporting to Trust committees and senior leadership teams
• Work in partnership with women, families and the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP)
• Support implementation of national maternity strategies, standards and recommendations

You will have:

• Current registration as a Midwife with the NMC
• Significant experience in a senior midwifery leadership role
• Expertise in clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety
• Experience of leading organisational change and service improvement
• Strong analytical, communication and leadership skills
• A commitment to compassionate leadership and staff development

Additional requirements:

• Ability to work flexibly, including part‑time, job‑share and on‑call arrangements
• Commitment to maintaining NMC registration and meeting revalidation requirements
• Enhanced DBS and occupational health clearance where required
• Ability to travel across Trust sites and attend regional / system meetings as required

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa.

Applicants on a Student visa may be considered for a full‑time permanent contract only if they:

• have applied for a Graduate visa
• have successfully completed their course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of employment

• On‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries
• Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to/from Cambridge University Hospital site
• Free Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites, and free route to/from Cambridge train station
• Subsidised parking on site (eligible staff)
• Hot food available 24/7 at a reduced cost for colleagues
• Staff pod break spaces with free tea and coffee, break space and private outside area
• Flexible arrangements including part‑time, job‑share, term‑time and flexible start/finish times

Work on site 80% of the time. Participation in senior escalation, operational or on‑call arrangements may be required.