Specialist Midwife for Diabetes

We are recruiting for a Specialist Midwife for Diabetes who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
You will lead on the development, coordination, and implementation of the Specialist Diabetic Service within Maternity in conjunction with the Obstetric and Diabetes Lead providing expert and coordinating the care of patients with pre-existing and gestational diabetes., The post holder will provide effective leadership to the diabetes/pregnancy team and act as lead midwife on diabetes in maternity services.
You will be involved in the development and implementation of clinical protocols and guidelines for pregnant women with diabetes and will work towards developing a structured approach in diabetes care to ensure a comprehensive, high quality diabetes service within maternity.
The post holder will be a point of contact for diabetic patients and will be responsible for the support and advise on both diabetes control and midwifery care throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., Communicate sensitive specialist information in relation to diabetes and the effect of the condition during pregnancy, to pregnant women and their family with empathy and reassurance.
Plan and implement a pathway of specialist care for women with diabetes who are pregnant and women who develop diabetes during pregnancy in line with NICE guidance.
Provide insulin initiation programmes, home blood glucose monitoring and continuous blood glucose monitoring.
Advice medical and midwifery colleagues of appropriate treatment changes and provide clinical advice on management.
Within the specialism, the post holder will be responsible for the adjustment of medication according to dose adjustment protocols, to optimise glycaemic control seeking guidance as necessary.
Provide advice and support to colleagues to women receiving IV therapy and sliding scale insulin in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
Participate in all specialist antenatal clinics.
Maintain telephone advice service.
Lead and undertake research and clinical audit related to specialist area of practice.
Provide specialist training and education to the multi-professional team and external stakeholders.
Play an integral part in the planning and development of the diabetic services at Medway Maritime NHS Trust.
Make available to the women and family information to facilitate their management of diabetes in order to promote independence and minimise complications.
Plan workload using guidance, policies and professional code of conduct in accordance with the needs of the patient group, using own judgement to define day to day work priorities.
Oversee and facilitate screening programme for gestational diabetes including robust education programme for midwives.
Provide clinical leadership and expertise to the governance and risk agenda.
Play an active role within the multi-disciplinary team.