Diabetes Midwife

Liverpool Women'S Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Midwife to join the Diabetes in Pregnancy MDT at Liverpool Women's Hospital. The role focuses on delivering high-quality care to women with diabetes in pregnancy, coordinating plans with the multidisciplinary team.

You will provide direct midwifery care, develop expert knowledge in diabetes in pregnancy, and support the Diabetes Specialist Lead Midwife and wider team to improve patient outcomes across antenatal,

Qualifications

• Essential: NMC Registered Midwife
• Desirable: Master's level or equivalent; Managerial/leadership qualification; Diabetes qualification; Teaching qualification

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of midwifery care to mothers and babies during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
• Take autonomous clinical decisions in an emergency to ensure safe outcomes for mother and baby.
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all aspects of midwifery practice.
• Carry out risk assessments in the hospital, birth centres and community settings and safely manage obstetric and neonatal emergencies including emergency situations when medical help is not available.
• Develop and maintain clinical competencies and be aware of current advances, expectations and needs of the service.
• Be responsible for the implementation of evidence-based midwifery and medical practice.

Skills

Diabetes in pregnancy

Midwifery care

Autonomous practice

Team leadership

Education delivery

Clinical governance

Education

NMC Registered Midwife

Masters level or equivalent (Desirable)

Diabetes qualification (Desirable)

Teaching qualification (Desirable)

Job description

Job summary

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

You will work clinically as a Diabetes Midwife, providing and prescribing care for diabetic/high risk women through the Consultant units at Liverpool Women's Hospital in liaison with the multidisciplinary teams and in conjunction with the Band 7 Diabetes Lead Midwife.
As a Band 6 Diabetes Midwife, you will 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.
The post holder 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.

About us

Liverpool Women's NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

At Liverpool Women's Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.

We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 159-LWH-258-26

Closing date: 05 November 2026

Job responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of midwifery care to mothers and babies during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
• Take autonomous clinical decisions in an emergency to ensure safe outcomes for mother and baby.
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner in all aspects of midwifery practice.
• Carry out risk assessments in the hospital, birth centres and community settings and safely manage obstetric and neonatal emergencies including emergency situations when medical help is not available.
• Develop and maintain clinical competencies and be aware of current advances, expectations and needs of the service.
• Be responsible for the implementation of evidence-based midwifery and medical practice.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Essential: NMC Registered Midwife
• Desirable: Study at Master's level or equivalent; Managerial/leadership qualification; Diabetes qualification; Teaching qualification

Experience

• Essential: Experience of leading and delivering education in a group setting
• Desirable: Teaching experience/qualification

Skills, knowledge and aptitudes

• Essential: Ability to evaluate midwifery care; knowledge and understanding of gestational diabetes and associated risks
• Essential: Knowledge of frameworks and guidance informing care in diabetes
• Essential: Ability to relate NMC Midwives Rules, Code of Practice, The Scope of Professional Practice, Standards for the Administration of Medicines
• Essential: Able to use appropriate language according to circumstances; legible, literate, grammatically accurate
• Essential: Able to work well within a team; ability to use own initiative; ability to prioritise own workload; ability to manage junior staff
• Essential: Knowledge of the Public Health Agenda; ability to educate parents and students
• Essential: Ability to undertake all midwifery duties within the relevant clinical area; IT literate; knowledge of Clinical Governance
• Essential: Polite, reliable, honest, punctual, approachable, dependable, nonjudgemental
• Essential: Ability to adapt to new working practices; ability to remain calm under pressure; ability to deal calmly and courteously with difficult people
• Essential: Adaptable and flexible approach to working within the Unit; flexible working hours; full commitment to the job
• Desirable: Able to meet the practical requirements of the post, i.e. cross site shift patterns; knowledge of current National Services framework/healthy hospitals initiative

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.

Certificate of sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Liverpool Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Liverpool, L8 7SS, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/

Contact for questions about the job

Associate Director of Midwifery, Sue Roberts, [e-mail]