An exciting opportunity has arisen within our maternity service for a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Midwife. You will be working as part of the Diabetes in Pregnancy multi‑disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Diabetes Midwife, you provide high quality, safe midwifery care to women and their families whose pregnancy is complicated by Diabetes. You will have an interest in the care of women with Diabetes in pregnancy and keen to develop a high level of relevant expert knowledge and skills, which you will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant women and new mothers with additional needs.
You will provide direct client care and be responsible for providing extra support and care to women whose pregnancy is complicated by Diabetes in partnership with the named Diabetes Specialist Lead Midwife, and the Diabetes in Pregnancy multi‑disciplinary team and external agencies.
You will work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs, providing a link between the maternity service and other services involved in diabetes care.
You will also assist the Diabetes Specialist Lead Midwife to ensure that high standards of quality care are delivered and maintained for women with diabetes and may need to deputise for the Band 7 DSM as required.
You will be expected to promote the use of quality improvement methods by frontline staff in order to deliver measurable improvements in patient care.
You will act as a resource of Diabetes specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Midwifery Degree
* NMC Registered Midwife
* Evidence of continued Professional Development
* Willingness to undertake relevant course/training required for post
* Undertaken further study in Diabetes in pregnancy
* Non‑medical prescribing course
Experience
* Band 6 midwife
* Experience of working with pregnant or newly delivered women with diabetes.
* Experience of assessing, planning and evaluating care and care plans
* A basic knowledge and understanding of Diabetes in pregnancy
* Have an awareness of current national and local drivers in relation to diabetes in pregnancy
* Experience of working within a Diabetes MDT
* Experience of data collection, policy writing and audit to enhance services.
* Have up to date knowledge of local services available to pregnant women whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload and meet deadlines
* Ability to keep full and accurate records.
* Ability to respond to sensitive situations positively
* Able to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
* Able to work under own initiative, independently and as an effective team member.
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.
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