Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 7 Specialist Midwife to lead and develop diabetes-in-pregnancy pathways within our maternity services.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated midwife with a passion for diabetes care to provide specialist, evidence-based care to women with pre-existing and gestational diabetes throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership, specialist advice and education, whilst contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of the diabetes maternity service. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary maternity and diabetes teams, the post holder will support the delivery of high-quality, personalised care and help to improve outcomes and experiences for women and their babies.

The successful candidate will be a confident and autonomous practitioner with excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills, able to influence and support colleagues. You will play a key role in promoting evidence-based practice, developing clinical pathways, supporting education and training, and contributing to quality improvement and service development.

If you are an experienced midwife looking for an opportunity to lead, innovate and make a real difference to the care of women with diabetes in pregnancy, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

·        To lead on SBLCBv3 for element 6: 

·        Ensuring there are standardised pathways of care for MDT management of women with diabetes in pregnancy.

·        Improving management of glucose control during pregnancy by focusing support on high-risk women and by ensuring consistent and high levels of uptake of digital glucose monitoring technology. 

·        Be an autonomous practitioner within the team.

·        Refer as appropriate to the multidisciplinary team.

·        Assist with review of women with diabetes in pregnancy  across all areas.

·        Comply with Trust Policies regarding conduct and performance.

·        To work with our senior midwifery team in the development of a safety culture. 

·        Provide, on a regular basis, constructive and positive feedback.  Identify and disseminate learning from outcomes.

·        To work in collaboration with colleagues throughout the service  to ensure safe birth outcomes.

·        Act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise.

·        Provide enhanced teaching and additional support to staff to gain relevant competencies. 

·        Assist with investigation of incidents, implementing any recommendations in line with the PSIRF model.

·        Promote evidence-based practice throughout the maternity service.

·        Work with the midwifery management and education team towards achieving corporate standards as well as meeting the relevant national and local criteria. 

Working for our organisation

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation

Our mission is to be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision is to be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our approach to healthcare is founded on our four core values:

·         Kind – we are caring, supporting and respectful to everyone

·         Open – we are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working

·         Fair – we listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all 

·         One team – we work well together and with our communities

We employ almost 6,500 people from more than 80 nationalities and are fully committed to being an equal, diverse and inclusive employer. Our culture and values ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged at any stage of their journey.

We are also proud to be an Armed Forces Friendly organisation and welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists and families.

Working at NCM means becoming part of a dedicated team of clinical and support staff who are passionate about keeping people well and supporting wellbeing. If you share our values and are motivated by making a difference for our patients, we'd be delighted to receive your application