Diabetes Specialist Midwife

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., Please see job description and person specification for full role responsibilities and requirements oRegistered Midwife with current NMC registration Recognised teaching/assessing qualification/mentorship, o Relevant specialty related qualification/module oStudy at master's level oV300 Non-Medical Prescribing, oMinimum of 3 years clinical post registration experience in Midwifery oWorked in specialist diabetic role or has speciality knowledge and experience oCurrent clinical experience in acute hospital /Community setting.

oExperience of providing formal teaching development to staff /colleagues oExperience of working as part of the multidisciplinary team, oExperience of audit/research oExperience of guideline development oEvidence of implementing change in clinical practice, oExpert Knowledge in Diabetes oAbility to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions. oKnowledge of current clinical and professional issues oExcellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, oAbility to critically analyse data.

oAn understanding of the key issues and challenges in Saving Babies Lives care bundle V3. oEffective leadership skills Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Fo