Support Midwife for Diabetes Team

Are you a passionate midwife ,looking for a new challenge, at a supportive Trust? Then the role of the Support midwife for the diabetes team at Ashford and St Peter's(ASPH) is the job for you!

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic midwife to work collaboratively with the diabetes multi disciplinary team to provide personalised and safe care to women and birthing people., The postholder will:

To provide information and support to women who are known to be diabetic or are diagnosed with Diabetes during their pregnancy.

To ensure referral to the appropriate health professional when deviations from the normal occur and to work in partnership with that health professional to ensure safe standards of care.

This post may be either hospital or community based with flexibility to move between care settings.

Support the Lead Midwife in collection and production of any audits.

Support the Diabetes lead Midwife with the training and education of colleagues.

When community based, the post holder will be expected to participate in the on call rota/night duty for community.

At ASPH you will work alongside a team that supports 3,300 births a year whilst working in the picturesque county of Surrey. We are very proud of our Abbey Birth Centre, level 3 Neonatal Unit and level 3 BFI accreditation. We are one of the first Trusts nationally to implement biomechanics to support physiological births.

St Peters is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after, and values our people, creating a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values.

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of staff wellbeing support. We provide opportunities for career development and from the moment you start you will be supported by our professional development team to achieve your career goals.

We offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance and we have an onsite gym that is free to access. We also have an onsite nursery to support you and your family.

Our vision is to become one of the best healthcare Trusts in the county and it all starts with you!, Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.