Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contract or Secondment for 12 months)
- Hours
- 28.75 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
- Job ref
- 180-E-257238
- 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
- 28/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/11/2025
Employer heading
Delivery Unit Coordinator
Band 7
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic midwife with expert clinical and leadership experience to fill this position as a Delivery Unit Coordinator.
You will have responsibility for the day to day clinical leadership and standards of midwifery services, including all staff groups, students and visitors within the Delivery Unit and have responsibility for the management and coordination of these teams.
You demonstrate effective and compassionate leadership skills to support staff to provide kind, safe, personalised care based on current research. They will organise others in their actions and set priorities, objectives and goals within their sphere of responsibility.
You will participate in multidisciplinary team ward rounds on Delivery Unit and daily perinatal liaison meetings taking into account the theatre schedule and booked inductions of labour for prospective twenty four hours.
You will work in collaboration with the Matron for Delivery Unit, the inpatient maternity ward managers, the senior management team and clinical leads to ensure high standards of quality care provision on the Delivery Unit and will assist in taking the quality and improvement agenda forward within the department. You will be highly visible, approachable and committed to improving maternal and neonatal outcomes while supporting staff from a clinical and non-clinical perspective.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the running of the service, providing effective and dynamic clinical leadership and support to all midwives, support staff and students working on Delivery Unit while proactively seeking to develop the service and promote and improve high standards of care
Support with day to day operational management of the maternity unit.
Support and develop the team on the Delivery unit to ensure an effective learning environment, work collaboratively with other members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective working relationships
Actively contribute to the strategic development of the services to meet both the present and future provision of maternity services in line with the Trust, Regional and National objectives
Demonstrate innovation through the maintenance of a quality approach to service provision by monitoring and evaluating standards of care and ensuring quality targets and KPIs are met within Delivery Unit
Oversee staff duty rotas to ensure the Delivery Unit has appropriate staff and skill mix to provide safe care within available resources and have responsibility for the operational management of personnel issues such as the management of sickness absence and support of staff wellbeing.
You will support staff to report and escalate incidents, dealing with complaints and handling sensitive issues. Ensure incidents are reviewed, actioned and learning disseminated appropriately
Working for our organisation
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 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)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 or fixed term contract. For secondments, you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant
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
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 28th October 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 11th November 2025
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.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery or equivalent relevant experience
- Professional portfolio demonstrating evidence of relevant ongoing professional development
- NLS or equivalent
- ILS course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- NIPE qualification
- Leadership qualification
- Master’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the maternity service
- Evidence of relevant clinical updating
- Evidence of leadership, management and/or team development at a clinical level.
- Robust understanding of related Guidelines and Policies and their revision
Desirable criteria
- Involvement with clinical audit and research
- Use of computerised information system
- Participation and contribution to local Regional/National maternity forums
- Experience in leading on complaint responses and client feedback.
- Experience in guideline and protocol revision
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Aware of current research and its impact on evidence based care.
- Conversant with NMC rules governing practice
- Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implication.
- Good all round knowledge of patient surveys and satisfaction questionnaires
- Working knowledge of word, excel and PowerPoint applications
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of initiatives and programmes developed to support and maintain safe, kind, personalised birth in all birth settings
Skills
Essential criteria
- To be able to practice in all clinical areas in accordance with the NMC Code (2018)
- Well-developed interpersonal and counselling skills
- Excellent communications skills and ability to communicate difficult and contentious messages.
- Ability in perineal suturing, cannulation, I.V. drug additives and epidural management
- Able to demonstrate contribution to changing practice
- Demonstrate effective clinical leadership ability
Desirable criteria
- Well-developed leadership skills
- Demonstrate commitment to the implementation of evidence based practice
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to travel between the Trust and the community services, as required
- Support and develop midwifery-led care
- 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 be on call when required
Desirable criteria
- Able to act up for Ward Manager/Matron
- Ability to provide leadership for a multi-disciplinary team
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
- Tora Clark-Ward
- Job title
- Matron for Delivery Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07926 071525
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