Midwife

Job overview

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic midwife looking for your next career opportunity?

We are seeking compassionate, motivated Band 6 Midwives to join our award-winning maternity service at The Rosie Hospital. Working within one of the UK's leading maternity and tertiary referral centres, you will provide safe, personalised and evidence-based care to women, birthing people and their families across pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

The Rosie offers a unique environment with a state-of-the-art Birth Centre, specialist services, one of the largest neonatal units in the UK and a strong commitment to staff development, innovation and research.

We are looking for midwives who demonstrate excellent clinical skills, professional leadership and a passion for delivering outstanding care. If you share our values of Together, Safe, Kind and Excellent, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a registered Midwife, you will provide safe, compassionate, evidence-based care to women and families throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Working autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will use your clinical expertise and professional judgement to support women with both straightforward and complex maternity needs.

This is a rotational Band 6 midwifery position, with the initial placement within the CARES Team at The Rosie Hospital. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Elective Caesarean Birth pathway, working closely with women and families to optimise their preparation, experience and recovery.

The role offers a unique opportunity to develop specialist skills in enhanced recovery, pre-operative assessment, education and care planning, while contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives. You will work collaboratively with obstetric, anaesthetic, neonatal and midwifery colleagues to ensure women receiveseamless, personalised care throughout their maternity journey.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife with excellent communication skills, a commitment to delivering high-quality woman-centred care, and a passion for innovation and improving maternity services.

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 will close at midnight on 8th November 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 17th November 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

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

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.

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.