Job overview
We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Diabetic Maternity Support Worker to join our maternity team. The successful candidate will work closely with midwives, diabetes specialist nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide care and support to pregnant women with diabetes, ensuring they receive safe, personalised, and effective care throughout pregnancy, birth, and the post natal period.
You will play a key role in supporting women to manage their diabetes, promoting healthy life style choices, and helping them navigate their care pathway. This role involves both direct patient contact and administrative duties to support smooth service delivery.
As a member of our team, you will be professional, safe, and compassionate for women, babies and their families. You will work collaboratively within our multidisciplinary team in an environment that is open, supportive, and empowering.
Main duties of the job
1. Support pregnant women with diabetes during antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care, under the supervision of registered midwives.
2. Assist with monitoring blood glucose levels, recording results, and reporting concerns to the clinical team.
3. Provide practical support and health education on diet, exercise, and self-monitoring in line with care plans.
4. Offer emotional support, reassurance, and clear communication to women and their families.
5. Work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely follow-up appointments, investigations, and referrals.
6. Maintain accurate and timely documentation in maternity records and electronic systems.
7. Assist with arranging and facilitating diabetes education sessions for pregnant women.
8. Support in coordinating care plans, including liaising with community midwives, hospital clinics, and other relevant services.
9. Maintain confidentiality and adhere to safeguarding policies at all times.
10. Participate in training, supervision, and service improvement initiatives to enhance patient care.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
11. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
12. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
13. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
14. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
15. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
16. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
17. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
18. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
19. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
20. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Desirable criteria
21. Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
22. Willing to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English)
23. Care Certificate/working towards
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
24. Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role.
Desirable criteria
25. Experience of providing person centred care
BEHAVIOURS & VALUES
Essential criteria
26. Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
27. Works effectively as a team.
28. Is of good health and good character
29. Willing to accept additional responsibilities as delegated by senior staff.
30. Always acts with honesty and integrity.
31. Professional approach.
32. Displays BHT Values
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & COMPETENCE
Essential criteria
33. An understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy.
34. Demonstrates a caring, compassionate and empathetic approach to patient’s and colleagues, whilst having a professional approach.
35. Recognise how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
36. Good verbal and written English communication skills.
37. The ability to respond with kindness and humanity to patients.
38. A flexible and adaptable approach with the aptitude to work in a busy hospital healthcare setting.
39. Willingness to undertake the mentorship of new Nursing Assistants after 12 months in post.
40. Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures.
41. An appreciation of equality, diversity and inclusion and how this influences how care is provided to patients.
42. A willingness to provide the highest standards of patient care including personal care.
43. Ability to work as part of a team
44. Good understanding of care needs relevant to patient’s in a hospital setting to include: Eating and drinking, Dignity and respect, Communication/conflict resolution, Handwashing and infection control, Hygiene needs, Safeguarding
45. Understands the limit and scope of their job role and the need to only do tasks they are trained to do.
46. Knows when to escalate to a registered nurse when the situation is beyond their scope of practice.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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