Named Midwife for Safeguarding | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	31 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£57,528 - £64,750 p.a. pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	30 April 2026
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Company:	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7895991/180-E-267107

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the safeguarding team at CUH to cover maternity leave for the Named Midwife for safeguarding. This will be a fixed term contract of a year.

As the safeguarding maternity lead, the role includes direct responsibility for the wider maternity safeguarding and JUNO team which includes the specialist perinatal mental health, domestic and substance misuse and vulnerable women’s midwives.

As well as line managing the specialist midwives the role has both a strategic and operational element and includes
• Being a highly visible senior midwife, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to all staff in maternity services in all areas of Safeguarding vulnerable women
• Providing leadership and support in respect of the safeguarding agenda across the Women’s Health directorate.
• Working collaboratively as part of the wider CUH multi-disciplinary team and partner agencies to ensure that pregnant women and their babies who come into contact with our services are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted.
• Working as part of the CUH Think Family safeguarding team in supporting all activities to ensure the Trust meet its statutory responsibilities to safeguard vulnerable adults, women, and children.

Further information can be found in the attached JD and Person Specification.

If you are an experienced safeguarding midwife looking for a change or to take the next step in your career then this may be the job for you.

• To ensure that the Trust’s systems and procedures for safeguarding within maternity are regularly monitored, evaluated and reviewed

• Identify and deliver staff training/development.

• Carry out audits to ensure that safeguarding practice within maternity is robust

• To provide expert professional advice and support regarding all aspects of maternity safeguarding to staff within maternity services, as well as to the wider Trust.

• To deliver safeguarding supervision

• To ensure that the Trust is represented at multi-agency safeguarding meetings.

• Providing a high level of communication by: Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team, external agencies and ensuring a seamless service between acute, primary care and external agency services. This includes report writing for unborn baby panels, child protection conferences, providing information following child deaths, responding to enquiries under Sections 17 and 47 of the Children’s Act.

• Communicating very sensitive information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance.

• To undertake Internal Management Reviews.

• To be a source of expert safeguarding maternity advice for patient complaints.

• To ensure appropriate processes are followed where allegations are made against maternity staff

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 ofTogether – Safe, Kind, Excellentsupport 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)

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

Please note:- 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.

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 7 April 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 15 April 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.


This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026