Midwife with a Special Interest in Diabetes
1 day ago
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Midwife to join our team as a Midwife with a Special Interest in Diabetes. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality care to women with diabetes during pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communication and Team Working:
- Facilitate and maintain effective communication within the multidisciplinary team to promote effective patient care.
- Adhere to appropriate NMC and local standards for written documentation and storage of records.
- Deal appropriately with positive and negative feedback from women, recognizing the wider implications for the ward, unit, and Trust.
- Participate in decision-making in relation to women-centered care and development of practice within the ward, unit, and multidisciplinary team.
- Be an active member of both ward and wider multidisciplinary team, developing confidence in own role and encouraging development of others and contribution to team cohesion.
- To communicate effectively, sensitive, and personal issues maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- To identify and manage challenging behaviors.
- Convey complex and sensitive information (e.g., abnormal test results) in a comprehensible and empathic manner.
- Discuss all alternative treatment options and facilitate clinical management decisions.
- Obtain informed consent for procedures as required, in accordance with the Trust consent policy.
- Cover in the absence of the Lead Midwife for Diabetes.
- Be actively involved in teaching/supporting other members of the maternity team regarding management of diabetes in pregnancy/intrapartum/postnatal.
- Clinical Care:
- To support and enable the woman with diabetes and their family to make informed decisions and choices relating to their treatment and management.
- To assess, implement, and evaluate care delivered, so that the women's individual requirements for care are met in all aspects of midwifery. Obtain informed consent throughout.
- To contribute to the plan of care for the woman with diabetes.
- To implement plans of care for the woman with diabetes in conjunction with the woman's named community midwife and multi-professional team.
- To contribute to the development of policies and clinical guidelines in support of the diabetes service within maternity service.
- To work with the Lead Midwife for Diabetes in disseminating information on the benefits and management of breastfeeding, to all women with a pregnancy complicated by Diabetes.
- Provide education and support to women diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.
- Act as a resource in the clinical areas to other staff members.
- Actively be involved in supporting staff in a formal and informal setting to increase their knowledge and understanding of diabetes in pregnancy to help them provide evidence-based care.
- Provide care in a range of settings, such as Antenatal clinics or ward rounds.
- Assist the Lead Midwife for diabetes in maintaining and developing a quality service by helping to implement and embed evidence-based changes into clinical practice.
- Help to ensure that patient care plans are regularly updated, changes implemented, and that patient records and documentation are maintained and current.
- Act as an advocate for women.
- Prioritize and manage own workload appropriately i.e., ability to prioritize, time management, delegation.
- Practice in accordance with professional, ethical, and legal framework for midwifery.
- To work within Trust guidelines, policies, and procedures when carrying out midwifery care. Have opportunity to be involved in their development, implementation, and evaluation.
- Undertake midwifery practice consistent with evidence-based practice transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet the needs of mothers and families.
- Personal and Professional Conduct:
- Work within NMC professional code of conduct at all times and Midwives Code and Standards for Practice.
- Ensure Trust Policy and Procedure adhered to including Health and Safety legislation, administration and storage of drugs, clinical incident reporting, infection control, child protection, and safekeeping of patients' property.
- Be responsible for maintaining and enhancing personal and professional development and providing evidence of competency to enable the formulation of a PDP.
- Act as role model and support professional development of all students and junior staff. Contribute to a positive learning environment.
- Resource/Change Management:
- Ensure effective management of time and resources.
- Responsible for coordinating shift on day-to-day basis.
- Participates in innovation and implementation of change.
- Develops leadership and supervision skills for both qualified and unqualified staff.
- Research/Education:
- Teach/mentor both qualified and unqualified staff including student nurses/midwives. Complete appropriate documentation for learners when acting in the role of mentor.
- To assist in the orientation of new staff/Return to Practice midwives and act as a preceptor.
- Participate in delivering and evaluating education programmes, offered within the Maternity Unit. Participate in the education audit of the clinical areas.
- Use, develop, and share evidence-based practice to carry out care competently and efficiently.
- Participate in clinical audit/trials and collection of data for improving women's care as appropriate e.g., patient satisfaction surveys, NPID audits.
- Participate in benchmarking within clinical area supporting the introduction of a change in practice if indicated.
- To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required.
Person Specification:
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery or related subject or evidence of level 3 learning
- Evidence of ongoing Education and Development
- At least 2 years' experience working as a midwife Interest in diabetes management in pregnancy
- Knowledge of care pathway for women with diabetes in pregnancy
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