# Diabetes Midwife Band 6

**Company**: Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Diabetes Specialist Midwife to join our expanding multidisciplinary diabetes and antenatal team at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking an experienced midwife with a passion for improving outcomes for women and birthing people with pre-existing diabetes and gestational diabetes.

The successful candidate will work closely with obstetricians, diabetologists, diabetes specialist nurses, dietitians and community teams to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.

This is an excellent opportunity for a midwife wishing to develop specialist expertise in maternal medicine and diabetes care while contributing to service development and innovation.

**Main duties of the job**

- Act as a specialist resource for women and birthing people with diabetes during pregnancy.

- Provide expert assessment, education, support and care planning.

- Participate in specialist diabetes antenatal clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings.

- Work collaboratively with obstetric, medical and neonatal colleagues to optimise maternal and neonatal outcomes.

- Support women with blood glucose monitoring, medication management and lifestyle interventions.

- Deliver education and support to midwifery and maternity staff regarding diabetes care pathways.

- Contribute to audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.

- Support the implementation of local and national maternity and diabetes standards.

**Benefits**

- Competitive salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year p.a. inc. pro rata

- Part-time, flexible working

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

**Person Specification**

- NMC Registered Midwife

- Current and Valid UK NMC PIN

- Evidence of professional development and updating

- Ability to practice in all areas of midwifery in accordance with the NMC Midwives Code of Practice

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Motivates others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical specialty

- Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment

- Be computer literate

- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

## Skills

### Required
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Current and Valid UK NMC PIN
- Evidence of professional development and updating
- Ability to practice in all areas of midwifery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
- Computer literacy
- Ability to work under pressure

### Nice to have
- Evidence of implementing a change in practice
- Evidence of familiarity with home glucose monitoring equipment
- Previous experience of providing care to diabetic clients

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