Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)

Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) to join our maternity team at the Rosie.

This is a key leadership and support role focused on enhancing the quality of care, supporting midwives for promoting a positive working environment through the A-EQUIP model (Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement).

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Provide restorative clinical supervision to midwives and maternity staff  •    Support continuous professional development and reflective practice  •    Lead and contribute to quality improvement initiatives within maternity services  •    Promote safe, evidence-based practice and a culture of learning  •    Offer guidance and support in complex clinical and professional situations  •    Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes for women and families

About You

• Registered Midwife with current professional registration  •    Qualified Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)  •    Significant post-registration experience in midwifery practice  •    Strong communication, leadership, and mentoring skills  •    Passionate about staff wellbeing, development, and high-quality patient care  •    Ability to facilitate reflective discussions and support practice improvement

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

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

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 25 May 2026

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 1 June 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.