Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to support the safeguarding team on a 14 month secondment/fixed term contract.
You will be responsible for providing extra support and care to some pregnant women who are subject to domestic abuse and have complex vulnerabilities in partnership with their own midwife. You will work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. You will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in supporting women subject to Domestic abuse including DASS, Police and the IDVA service. You will ensure that relevant pathways, policies and processes for women who are subject to DA are developed, implemented and audited. This will involve working with a range of relevant professionals, services and agencies.
You will work alongside the safeguarding team to support women who cross the boundary of each specialist service, whilst also supporting the overall safeguarding team at times of need. You will support your colleagues through coordinating and providing training and guidance for women who are subject to domestic abuse and with complex vulnerabilities for key maternity staff to ensure robust responses to disclosures and safety planning. You will be an innovative practitioner and an effective change agent, promoting evidence based practice.
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. 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 1 July 2026
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 13 July 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 accordance with job description
- Ability to innovate and manage change
- Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Excellent verbal and professional standard written communication skills, including presentation skills.
- Demonstrates awareness of needs of clients with socially complex lives
- Demonstrates ability to manage complex safeguarding caseload with high levels of complex needs with compassion, while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
- Demonstrates emotional resilience in working with cases with high levels of social distress
- Able to demonstrate contribution to changing practice.
- Demonstrate effective clinical leadership ability.
Desirable
- Perineum suturing skills, epidural management
- I.V. drug additives, siting I.V infusions
- CTG Management
- Obstetric Emergency Competence
- Intermediate Life support skills
- Influencing/negotiating skills
- Able to support others and mentor in the learning environment
- Demonstrate commitment to the implementation of evidence based practice
- Experience of teaching and presentation to multi-disciplinary forums
- Practical experience of audit implementation and review.
- Ability to maintain and present data relating to this area of service
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NMC’s rules and standards
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to maternity care and their implication
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to Maternity Care, particularly related to domestic abuse
- Aware of current research, reports/guidelines relating to safeguarding
- Demonstrate awareness of clinical governance.
- Understanding of the distinctive roles of related professionals, e.g. domestic abuse Services, Perinatal Mental Health Service, GP, Specialist HV’s, Mental Health Practitioners, Drug and Alcohol support service, Children’s Social Care, Police.
Desirable
- Involvement in participating in the production of evidenced based guidelines/policies
Experience
Essential
- Conversant with the care needs of pregnant women subject to domestic abuse and other vulnerabilities.
- Woman centred approach to care
- Ability to demonstrate an expert working knowledge of safeguarding and midwifery in all areas of the maternity service
- Evidence of recent experience in antenatal and postnatal care of women with complex needs.
- Safeguarding experience in clinical practice
- Experience of change management
- Evidence of relevant clinical updating
- Able to work with a multi-agency approach
Desirable
- Ward or community management experience
- Involvement with clinical audit and research
- Use of computerised information systems
- Experience as a community / CoC midwife
- NHS experience
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating on-going professional development
- Safeguarding training levels 1,2,& 3
- Diploma/Degree in Midwifery/ evidence of further education
Desirable
- Research Module
- Masters Degree / post registration training in Child Protection / Safeguarding Children
- Teaching and mentoring qualification
- Safeguarding Supervision qualification
- Qualification or experience of supporting women who complex safeguarding cases
- Qualification or experience of supporting women who are subject to domestic abuse
- Leadership of management model
Addtional 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.
- Professional appearance and demeanour
- Ability to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team
- Support and develop midwifery led care
- Able to travel independently between Trust and community Services, client’s homes or for MDT meetings
Desirable
- Willingness to participate in safeguarding supervision as required by role.
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