Job overview

The Deputy Diabetes Midwife will be working within the maternity diabetic service to support the management and care of women with pre-existing diabetes and gestational diabetes throughout their pregnancy and postnatal pathway.

The post holder will work as part of the Diabetic Team supporting the Lead Diabetes Midwife in the safe and effective running of this service.

Contribute to the multi-professional team in ensuring delivery of care to improve outcomes for women and their babies with diabetes.

Be actively involved in the education of women, midwifery support and insulin management.

Take responsibility for the management, education and care of diabetic women.

Attend combined antenatal/diabetes clinic  and act a resource for women and staff throughout the maternity services

Provide education for other Midwives in all aspects of diabetes care during pregnancy, intra-partum and postnatal periods.

Act as an advocate for pregnant women with diabetes.

Support and development and implementation systems to improve access to specialist diabetic services for women with diabetes planning to become pregnant.

Be involved in monitoring and evaluating the diabetes service

Support the ward manager

 

Main duties of the job

Undertake the role of the midwife including decision making, using evidence based practice.

Facilitate the effective assessment, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women with diabetes and other complex medical conditions, within own sphere of clinical practice.

Attend combined antenatal/diabetes clinic  and act a resource for women and staff throughout the maternity services

Work in the antenatal clinic setting supporting the diabetic and screening services to support smooth running of outpatient areas

 Support diabetic midwifery care and provide a comprehensive range of health education, psychological and social care advice to women in a hospital and community setting

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.