Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Fetal Monitoring Midwife
The closing date is 16 July 2026

Job summary
The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust invites applications from experienced midwives, with significant relevant midwifery experience for this opportunity for a Band 7 Fetal Monitoring Midwife to work within the hospital setting.

We are a friendly, supportive team and will provide a robust orientation programme so that you are able to have an insight into each clinical area from day one. This will be supported by the Practice Development Team who will also provide you with opportunities for continuing professional development and support in this role and throughout your career.

We provide one to one care to all women in established labour and are really proud to have achieved and maintained BFI Level 3 accreditation and were rated as good in our most recent CQC inspection. We are an ambitious department, with plans in place to continue to develop and improve the service we offer.

As Norfolk's largest midwifery service, we provide care for approximately 4,800 deliveries per year.

Main duties of the job
Our in-patient facilities include 32 postnatal beds incorporating 8 transitional care beds, and 14 antenatal beds. The Delivery Suite has 13 birthing rooms including a birthing pool, and a bereavement suite. Facilities also include 2 obstetric theatres, anaesthetic rooms and a 2 bedded recovery bay. We also provide a Maternity Triage area which is a 4 bedded bay, a single room and a rapid assessment room.We have a co-located Midwifery Led Birthing Unit which comprises of four birthing rooms with waterbirth facilities available.The NNUH supports a high level of fetal surveillance and offers a high-quality Fetal Medicine Service, and we are a Maternal Medicine Centre.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative, and emotionally resilient midwife who possesses excellent proven organisational, management and communication skills. You will need to demonstrate high levels of professionalism at all times, acting as an exemplary role model and open to embracing positive change and transformation of maternity services to meet the needs of the local population of birthing people.

About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities
You will act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise in relation to reducing perinatal mortality, in line with the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (Safety Action 5).

Promote effective team working, review, plan, implement and maintain elements 2 and 4 of the bundle whilst engaging teams in a consistent approach to improving patient experience and outcomes.

Lead, development and implement the educational programme aimed at equipping midwives and doctors to increase and improve knowledge and competence in intrapartum risk assessment, CTG interpretation and assessing fetal wellbeing, identifying potential and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings.

You will improve clinical decision making within the team ensuring consistency across the unit is achieved demonstrating a reduction of serious incidents associated with CTG interpretation. You will work closely with the obstetric and midwifery educational leads to embed a robust programme of competency and development of staff providing intrapartum care in all settings.

Clinical experience in all aspects of midwifery care is prerequisite, demonstrating credibility as a good role model. Excellent communication skills are paramount to the success of the role.

You should be aware of the process for reviewing systems and improving them, to increase patient safety and improve the service provided by the Trust. A pro-active commitment to maintain and deliver an evidence-based approach to practice and new innovations is key to this role. You will be working with staff, undertaking audit, developing guidelines and standards, ensuring robust data collection, proactively supporting learning from incidents. Monitoring compliance with local and national requirements and participating in regional reviews.

You will have a first-degree qualification or be working towards this level of education. Mentorship/Practice assessor qualification (or equivalent) at this level is essential.

You will also support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUHs PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 2231 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa. The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Mentor /Practice Assessor course
• Leadership (including Licence to Lead or Aspiring Leaders)

Desirable

• Mentor /Practice Assessor course

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience in all aspects of maternity care

Skills
Essential

• Excellent leadership skills
• Effective change management skills
• Ability to lead, motivate and encourage others in a team

Attitude, aptitude
Essential

• Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).