Director of Midwifery and Deputy Chief Nurse
Salary is dependant on experience
Main area Director of Midwifery and Deputy Chief Nurse Grade Salary is dependant on experience Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 180-F-267076
Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate Town Cambridge Salary Salary is dependant on experience Closing 08/04/2026 23:59
Job overview
We are seeking an exceptional Director of Midwifery & Deputy Chief Nurse - an influential, visible and inspirational senior leader who will shape the future of maternity services at CUH. This is a pivotal role for a highly experienced professional who is passionate about delivering outstanding, women‑centred care. You will provide strategic leadership for our maternity services, championing clinical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
As Deputy Chief Nurse, you will take the lead on agreed elements of the Chief Nurse’s portfolio and act on their behalf as required, ensuring seamless, high‑quality leadership across the organisation. You will play a central role in cultivating a culture of safety, collaboration, and compassionate care, while driving forward our ambitions for service transformation and improved outcomes for women, babies, and families.
Reporting to the Divisional Director, the Director of Midwifery will provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for maternity services across the Rosie Hospital and community pathways. You will have a strong working relationship with the Chief Nurse and sit within the Chief Nurse corporate team.
You will act as the Trust’s senior professional voice for midwifery, advocating for women and families, guiding service transformation, and building strong relationships across the Integrated Care System, regional and national maternity networks, and professional bodies.
Main duties of the job
Providing expert leadership, strategic direction and professional oversight for all midwifery and maternity services.
Leading the delivery of safe, high‑quality, women‑centred care across all maternity pathways.
Shaping and implementing the long‑term strategic vision for maternity services aligned to national policy, the ICs and the CUH strategy.
Partnering with regional and national bodies including the Regional Chief Midwife, Royal Colleges, HEE, CQC, and maternity networks.
Driving excellence in clinical quality, safety, governance, workforce planning and service transformation.
Leading initiatives to strengthen equality, diversity and inclusion across nursing and midwifery.
Supporting and mentoring senior midwifery leaders including the Head and Deputy Head of Midwifery.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
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
* 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 date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 8th April 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on date to be confirmed.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
As an executive/senior officer at CUH, you are accountable for the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be affected by the Trust’s work activities in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. You must ensure workplace injuries and work‑related ill‑health are prevented so far as is reasonably practicable and provide strong leadership and commitment to health and safety by ensuring that the principles and practices described within the Trust’s H&S Policy are discharged and embedded throughout the organisation. You must also ensure your responsibilities are discharged in accordance with the policy and that the necessary resources and infrastructure for health and safety are provided.
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.
Person specification
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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