Overview
As a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Midwife you will provide high quality and safe midwifery care to women, birthing people and their families whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes. You will be willing to develop a high level of relevant, expert knowledge and skills which you will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant people.
You will work alongside the Diabetes Specialist Midwife Lead and in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate care based on a patient’s individual needs, providing a link between the maternity service and the other services involved in diabetes care. You may be required to deputise for the Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Midwife and will be expected to act as a resource for diabetes specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
* Bring specialist knowledge and clinical expertise in both midwifery and diabetes care to support women with pre-existing and gestational diabetes throughout their pregnancy journey.
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills, providing clear education, advice and reassurance to women and their families to promote safe self-management and positive outcomes.
* Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, including obstetricians, endocrinologists and diabetes specialist nurses, to ensure a seamless and holistic approach to care.
* Support service development, contribute to audits, quality improvement initiatives and staff training to continually enhance the quality and safety of maternity services.
* May deputise for the Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Midwife and act as a resource for diabetes specialist knowledge to other team members.
About the Partnership
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts — Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) — our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital (NLAG) and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital (HUTH). As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas including biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
How to apply / Further details
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jaye Fish
Job title: Diabetes Specialist Midwife
Email address: jaye.fish@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07721792125
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