Overview
Diabetes Maternity Support Worker
As we continue to expand and develop our maternity services, we have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and passionate Maternity Support Worker to join our diabetes in pregnancy team. We are looking for a confident and compassionate maternity support worker to work alongside our Diabetes Midwives and within our multi-disciplinary team to provide high-quality, safe, and individualised care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods - making a real difference to families and outcomes. The Diabetes Maternity Support Worker will facilitate and support the delivery of safe, compassionate, person-centred care to individuals with diabetes in pregnancy. Working alongside the multidisciplinary diabetes team, the post holder will provide education, monitoring, and lifestyle advice to patients, ensuring effective diabetes management. They will also contribute to the improvement of patient outcomes through support, guidance, and administrative duties.
Responsibilities
* Plan and prioritise workload, implement evidence-based care, use relevant guidance, protocols, and policies (local and national), and work within the team to contribute to care planning and review.
* Provide education, monitoring, and lifestyle advice to patients to support effective diabetes management in pregnancy.
* Facilitate safe, compassionate, person-centred care for individuals with diabetes in pregnancy across antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
* Contribute to improvement of patient outcomes through support, guidance, and administrative duties as part of the multidisciplinary diabetes team.
Organisation values
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
* Excellence
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ and Disabled people.
Benefits
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Additional information
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details. The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. Please ensure all information provided is accurate and reliable.
This advert closes on Monday 13 Oct 2025
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