Diabetes Specialist Midwife

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

Royal London Hospital site—Barts Health NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a midwife with a Specialist interest in Maternity Services to support the delivery of diabetes services.

We aim to ensure that women are at the core of everything we do, and we wrap her care providers and birth supporters around her as required rather than moving the women to achieve different acuity pathways.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 midwife interested in diabetes to work alongside the band 7 Specialist Diabetes Midwife at The Royal London Hospital. We are looking for a midwife who wishes to support and advise pregnant women with diabetes with the guidance of the band 7 diabetes specialist midwife and multidisciplinary diabetic team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work as part of a multidisciplinary diabetes team, based in the antenatal clinic at The Royal London Hospital who would like to enhance their knowledge of diabetes and support the diagnosis and treatment of women with gestational diabetes—providing midwifery care for women with pre-existing diabetes and Gestational Diabetes and supporting maternity staff, including GP’s, through training and advice in managing care for these women.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, safe and holistic midwifery care to women and their families whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes. The post holder will have a high level of expert knowledge and skills and be provided with relevant specialist training where required, which they will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant women and new mothers with additional needs.

·Provide direct client care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.

·To be responsible for providing extra support and care to women whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes in partnership with the named Diabetes Specialist Midwife (DSM), the Diabetes in Pregnancy multi-disciplinary team and external agencies.

·To work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. They will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in diabetes care.

·Assist the band 7 DSM to ensure that high standards of quality care are delivered and maintained for women with Diabetes, and to deputies for the Band 7 DSM as required.

·To promote the use of quality improvement methods by frontline staff in order to deliver measurable improvements in patient care and to participate the audit.

·To act as a resource of diabetes specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience as a midwife Experience as a qualified midwife and all clinical competencies achieved Clinical experience in a busy NHS hospital (or equivalent) Experience of working with technologies commonly used in the NHS (or equivalent) Mentorship experience Report Writing Skills Presentation Skills IT Literate (MS WP/Excel & PowerPoint)

Desirable criteria

Data collection and audit

Knowledge

Essential criteria

NHS Constitution Trust vision, values and strategic objectives Current midwifery standards and best practice Evidence based practice and its implementation Current issues effecting Maternity Services Clinical governance and risk management issues Philosophies of care for low and high-risk women Understanding of national policies and guidelines including Clinical risk management, CNST and NICE

Desirable criteria

Trust vision, values, strategic objectives, and key work programmes Any further study in relevant topic

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level (appropriate subject) or equivalent experience to demonstrate competency at all levels Registered Midwife with current NMC registration Commitment to professional development Registered Midwife qualified to degree level

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