Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 5-6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-258003
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Rosie, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £31,049 - £46,580 p.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Midwife
Band 5-6
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge, as a Midwife?
Are you able to demonstrate sound clinical skills and be a confident decision maker?
Are you reliable, hardworking person who has high standards and likes to do an excellent job?
If these sounds like you and you meet the person specification we look forward to receiving your application.
We have recently undergone a multi-million pound extension to meet the needs of the region’s growing population, this and the recent visit from the CQC has enabled enhanced funding to enhance our current midwifery workforce.
The ‘new’ and improved Rosie includes an expanded 10 bedded state of the art pool rooms within the birth centre, a pool room facility in the delivery unit and one of the biggest neonatal units in the UK, and is fully integrated with the existing Rosie hospital to help to ensure the Trust can deliver care in modern facilities that meet the needs of women and their families, providing greater patient choice and further improving patient experience.
Applicants must have NMC PIN and full registration at time of application.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
To provide clinical midwifery care based on current research based evidence, ensuring an optimum level of safe and effective care throughout the Maternity Services.
Working in this Speciality
The Rosie Maternity Hospital provides maternity, gynaecology and neonatal services to the local population of Cambridgeshire, extending to parts of North Essex, East and North Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Bedfordshire. Specialist services in high risk obstetrics, fetal and maternal medicine and neonatal intensive care are provided for the whole of the eastern region.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) 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 CUH?
• 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination), you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 29th January 2026
Interviews will be held on the 11th February 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. 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.
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.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Diploma/Degree or equivalent in Midwifery
Desirable criteria
- NIPE qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the service with recent working within the community setting
Desirable criteria
- Community experience
- Involvement with clinical audit and research
- Use of computerised information system
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Aware of current research and its impact on evidence base care
- Knowledge of NMC Code
- Understanding of the Role of the PMA
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implication
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in participating in the production of evidence based polices and guidelines
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in all clinical areas
- Developed interpersonal skills
- Working towards Perineal suturing skills, Epidural Management, IV drug additives, Siting IV Infusions
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Good organisational skills
- Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment
Additional Requirment
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together- Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- To provide cover for on call duties as required
- Support and develop midwifery led care
- Ability to travel between Trust and community services
- Support and develop midwifery led care
- Relevant to job banding and as required by your Line Manger
- Able to act up for Line Manager/ Team Leader
- Confident and motivated
- Supportive within a team framework
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Libby Brinkler
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
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