# Midwife - Fetal Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/midwife-fetal-medicine/5b3391b2-1808-412f-8f0d-59a02c8b9bd0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/midwife-fetal-medicine/5b3391b2-1808-412f-8f0d-59a02c8b9bd0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 p.a. pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** 26.5 hours per week (Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-05-31T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T10:41:31.485Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8023016 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8023016?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced midwife with a passion for supporting women through complex pregnancies? We are looking for a compassionate and experienced midwife to join our team to provide specialist care, counselling, and support within our fetal medicine service. - Make a real difference - We offer a supportive and dynamic working environment - Work with a specialist multidisciplinary team - Develop specialist training in fetal medicine This is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary fetal medicine unit. If you are passionate about high-quality, empathetic care and want to specialise in fetal medicine, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 midwife looking to develop their knowledge and counselling skills within a small team supporting women to make informed choices about their care. The successful candidate will be supporting a consultant led outpatient area which provides specialist fetal medicine clinics to women within the Cambridge locality as well as women from other hospitals in the region that are referred to the tertiary service. You will gain specific skills including the interpretation of high chance screening results and the ability to then disseminate this information to the women alongside their further options. You will act as a chaperone in the clinic and gain skills in supporting the consultants with data input and invasive procedures. Requirements: - Registered Midwife with current professional registration - Experience in antenatal or high-risk pregnancy care - Excellent communication and counselling skills - Commitment to compassionate, patient-centred care Key Responsibilities: - Provide specialist midwifery care in fetal medicine clinics - Support women undergoing advanced screening and diagnostic procedures - Offer sensitive counselling and emotional support - Work collaboratively with obstetricians, sonographers, and genetic teams - Contribute to service development and clinical excellence ### 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 31 May 2026 Interviews are due to be held on 11 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. ## Job Details Are you an experienced midwife with a passion for supporting women through complex pregnancies? We are looking for a compassionate and experienced midwife to join our team to provide specialist care, counselling, and support within our fetal medicine service. - Make a real difference - We offer a supportive and dynamic working environment - Work with a specialist multidisciplinary team - Develop specialist training in fetal medicine This is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary fetal medicine unit. If you are passionate about high-quality, empathetic care and want to specialise in fetal medicine, we would love to hear from you. ## Job Description This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 midwife looking to develop their knowledge and counselling skills within a small team supporting women to make informed choices about their care. The successful candidate will be supporting a consultant led outpatient area which provides specialist fetal medicine clinics to women within the Cambridge locality as well as women from other hospitals in the region that are referred to the tertiary service. You will gain specific skills including the interpretation of high chance screening results and the ability to then disseminate this information to the women alongside their further options. You will act as a chaperone in the clinic and gain skills in supporting the consultants with data input and invasive procedures. Requirements: - Registered Midwife with current professional registration - Experience in antenatal or high-risk pregnancy care - Excellent communication and counselling skills - Commitment to compassionate, patient-centred care Key Responsibilities: - Provide specialist midwifery care in fetal medicine clinics - Support women undergoing advanced screening and diagnostic procedures - Offer sensitive counselling and emotional support - Work collaboratively with obstetricians, sonographers, and genetic teams - Contribute to service development and clinical excellence ## 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 31 May 2026 Interviews are due to be held on 11 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in all clinical areas - Developed interpersonal skills - Excellent communication skills **Desirable** - Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment. - To display interest and commitment to the complex issues linked to fetal medicine. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Aware of current research and its impact on evidence base case - Knowledge of NMC Midwives Rules and Standards - Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care and their implication **Desirable** - Involvement in participating in the production of evidence based polices - Awareness of the role of ARC, SANDS and other support agencies. ### Experience **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the service with recent working within the community setting **Desirable** - To have cared for or assisted women who have suffered a fetal loss due to IUD, SB, MTOP linked to fetal abnormalities. - NHS experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Up to date professional portfolio, demonstrating on-going professional development **Desirable** - Diploma /Degree or equivalent in Midwifery ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent. - Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team - To rotate to all areas on both day and night shifts - Support and develop midwifery led care - Ability to travel between Trust and community services - Able to travel as required for the role - Support and develop midwifery led care - To be willing to undertake mentoring and mentor module - Relevant to job banding and as required by your Line Manger **Desirable** - Able to act up for Line Manager/ Team Leader - Confident and motivated - Supportive within a team framework ## Documents - [applicant information pack (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10320199) - [information for applicants - completing your application (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10320200) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.