Diabetes Specialist Midwife, Band 7

Job responsibilities

- Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills and promote a proactive approach to diabetes care within maternity services.

- Be available as an expert in diabetes for midwives and junior doctors to ensure care provided within the Trust is effective and evidenced based to support safe practice.

- Act as a professional resource for the wider MDT and assist in the design and delivery of educational programmes and study days.

- Work closely with the diabetes MDT to provide clinics for women who have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes for further assessment, education and monitoring of their condition in line with evidence-based guidelines.

- Act as a point of contact to ensure that all women seen within the specialist clinics are seen in an appropriate timely manner with improved information provision.

- Hold professional accountability for managing a team of staff delivering high quality, caring and compassionate patient centred care through effective leadership and management and in partnership with all members of the multidisciplinary team.

- Build relationships and work closely with the patient safety and quality team and lead on investigations of diabetes in pregnancy incidents and share learning from incidents and changes in practice with staff.

- Provide public health information and advice to women regarding lifestyle choices e.g. smoking, diet, exercise, referring on to appropriate support services as required.

- Action referrals to specialist services e.g., retinopathy and regional maternal medicine centre when requested; ensure multi-agency records are complete.

- Liaise between obstetric staff, ward areas, paediatricians, NNU, laboratory staff, to plan delivery of high-risk pregnancies and care of babies.

- Promote multi-disciplinary team working, leading/liaising, communicating as necessary and supporting junior staff.

- Work in partnership with colleagues across the Directorate to provide both clinical leadership and develop standards to promote high quality practice.

- Create an environment of continuous quality improvement.

- Provide designated leadership and management responsibility for the dedicated diabetes specialist midwife role.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with significant post-registration experience including substantial recent experience as a midwife
• UK recognised Midwifery degree, or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of further professional development
• Post-registration qualification in diabetes management, or equivalent relevant experience
• Completion of a leadership course, or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable

• Masters, or evidence of postgraduate study

Experience

Essential

• Experience in all areas of midwifery
• Recent experience of managing women with complex pregnancies.
• Evidence of ability to teach in a variety of settings
• Proven leadership and managerial capabilities
• Involvement in clinical audit and participation in standard setting
• Experience in the management of diabetes during pregnancy

Desirable

• Experience of complaints management
• Participation in risk management and the wider governance agenda

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise
• The ability to manage change
• Demonstrate ability to influence and to motivate the clinical practice of others
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to the provision of holistic, clinically effective care
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
• IT literate and able to embrace digital midwifery
• Excellent knowledge of medical conditions affecting pregnancy, common fetal abnormalities, screening diagnostic tests, invasive procedures/treatments, chromosomes and genetics
• Previous experience in developing a role/service
• Ability to take a leading role in initiating action
• Effective leadership and management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good presentation skills

Desirable

• Counselling skills
• Research skills

Qualities

Essential

• Team player
• Ability to act independently and within the team
• The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding treatment and procedures
• Committed to a culture of continuous improvement, openness and honesty
• Innovative
• Enthusiastic approach to work and specialism
• Ability to motivate other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Flexible and adaptive
• Supportive
• Approachable and calm
• Awareness of equality and diversity
• Understanding of confidentiality

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

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