Diabetic Specialist Midwife

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical support to for the diabetes in pregnancy service
• Implement and support delivery of the education package to enable women to undertake blood glucose monitoring and recording of this with an application such as the GDM-Health app
• Organise follow up visits and triaging of women who are on-boarded onto the GDM-health
• Refer as appropriate any women to the multidisciplinary team.
• Assist with review of the women with diabetes in pregnancy in all inpatient and outpatient clinical areas as required

Please see full job description attached for full details.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Professional knowledge acquired through a degree or diploma, supplemented by specialist training

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Leadership qualification / relevant experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration clinical experience
• Working experience in a clinical environment relevant to high risk pregnancies

Desirable criteria

• Experience of developing policies and protocols
• Experience of a family centred approach to the delivery of care
• Experience of leading service development projects
• Experience in disseminating work through presentation and publication

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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