Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetic Specialist Midwife (Band 7)
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:30 to 16:30)
- Job ref
- 151-CG-251
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hopsital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 Per annum inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2024
Employer heading
Diabetic Specialist Midwife
Band 7
Job overview
To be one of the specialist lead midwives of the obstetric diabetic team and liaise with the general diabetic team to provide ongoing education and advice to the pregnant woman with diabetes, their family and to other health professionals involved in their care. This is to include both hospital and possible community hub working. To manage the care of pregnant women and give appropriate advice and treatment throughout the pregnancy.
Main duties of the job
To manage the caseload of diabetic women across the trust, managing time, resources and the clinics in which they are seen.
To lead in the running of the Midwife led diabetic clinics within the antenatal clinic and community hubs.
To undertake the role as link midwife with all maternity areas providing training and updates as necessary.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A well sought after permanent position to manage the caseload of diabetic women across the trust, managing time, resources and the clinics in where they are seen.
To lead in the running of the Midwife led diabetic clinics within the antenatal clinic.
To undertake the role as link midwife with all maternity areas.
An experienced midwife, she/he will be expected to continue with post-registration education and development to continue in the role of the lead specialist in diabetes for maternity services
Able to provide care to women either in the community or hospital environment and able to provide clinical support and advice to less experienced midwives and medical staff.
Able to work closely with antenatal clinic manager and head of midwifery to ensure that systems, policies and guidelines are in place, which meet NICE recommendations.
Liaise with the diabetic nurse specialist and other recognised specialist practitioners regarding the implementation of the diabetic programme at a local level.
Able to provide professional leadership, support and specialist knowledge underpinned by theory relating to Diabetic conditions.
Able to work across the Maternity services with the multidisciplinary team in order to provide uniform service of advice and support to pregnant women.
To facilitate and teach on an education and training programme at ward/departmental level for all relevant staff in relation to Diabetes
To undertake audit and ongoing analysis and evaluation of the obstetric diabetic services
Be the lead midwife in the running of high risk obstetric diabetic clinics and ensure that women maintain contact with midwives throughout their pregnancy.
To provide professional leadership, support and specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and evidenced-based practice relating to diabetic issues in order to reduce stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths as highlighted in Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle v 3.
Able to undertake education and training at ward/departmental level for all relevant staff in relation to screening
Able to undertake audit and ongoing analysis and evaluation of Diabetes in pregnancy programmes in line with NICE recommendations.
Advise on feeding of the neonate, liaising with appropriate staff and ensure postnatal care is appropriate, i.e. appropriate communication with GP
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a diabetic midwifery team
- Evidence of audit
- Knowledge of national drivers
- Good teaching and presentation skills
- RM
- Works with consultant midwife and consultant obstetrician
Desirable criteria
- Nurse prescriber
Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of further relevant study
- PDG awareness
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Monica Warren
- Job title
- Midwifery Matron - ANC and Community Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 615 5230
- Additional information
For further information please contact
Kirsty Stone on [email protected]
or Elizabeth Hwang on [email protected]
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