Diabetic Specialist Midwife

NHS; Slough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Slough seeks a Band 7 Diabetic Specialist Midwife to enhance the care of pregnant women with diabetes. Responsibilities include managing caseloads, leading diabetic clinics, and providing education to patients and professionals. A Registered Midwife with relevant training is required. This full-time role offers a salary range of £50,008 to £56,908 and supports a balanced work-life culture.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife qualification is mandatory.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is required.
• Leadership or management training is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage the caseload of diabetic women across the trust.
• Lead in running Midwife led diabetic clinics.
• Liaise with general diabetic team to provide education.

Skills

Knowledge of current policies related to diabetes

Able to demonstrate successful change management and innovation

Education

Registered Midwife

Evidence of CPD

Leadership / management training / master study

Job description

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Band 7 Diabetic Specialist Midwife to join our dedicated Diabetes team at Wexham Park Hospital. This full-time role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on the care and outcomes of women with diabetes throughout their maternity journey.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in delivering and maintaining a high-quality, woman-centred diabetes service tailored specifically for our maternity patients. If you are committed to advancing specialist midwifery care and supporting women with diabetes, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To manage the caseload of diabetic women across the trust, managing time, resources and the clinics in which they are seen.
• To lead in the running of the Midwife led diabetic clinics within the antenatal clinic and community hubs.
• To undertake the role as link midwife with all maternity areas providing training and updates as necessary.
• To be one of the specialist lead midwives of the obstetric diabetic team and liaise with the general diabetic team to provide ongoing education and advice to the pregnant woman with diabetes, their family and to other health professionals involved in their care.
• This will include both hospital and possible community hub working.
• To manage the care of pregnant women and give appropriate advice and treatment throughout the pregnancy.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of CPD
• Leadership / management training / master study

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of current policies related to diabetes
• Able to demonstrate successful change management and innovation

Experience

• Experience of clinical audit/quality issues within the health care setting.
• Experience of MDT working
• Experience with guideline development
• Experience of implementing and influencing clinical governance processes
• Experience of undertaking midwifery research and audit

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.

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearper annum incl of HCAS