Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 176-M-6884985-E
- Employer
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pan site
- Town
- Peterborough/Huntingdon
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Diabetic Specialist Midwife - Peterborough/Huntingdon
Band 7
Job overview
Are you an experienced midwife passionate about diabetes care in pregnancy? Join the Midwifery Team at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and lead our Outpatient Services Midwifery team in shaping the future of care for women and their babies.
As the Diabetes Midwifery Team Leader, you will play a key role in developing and leading our specialist service across Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital. You will drive evidence-based practices that align with national standards and the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (v5), ensuring high-quality, personalised care for women with diabetes during pregnancy. By working closely with our multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure safe, innovative care pathways for all patients.
To be eligible for this role, you will have UK NMC Registration and demonstrate experience in antenatal services, particularly managing care for women with pre-existing and gestational diabetes, as well as strong leadership and team management skills to inspire, mentor, and guide a specialist team.
What we can offer is a collaborative and supportive working environment focused on both professional and personal development with opportunities to contribute to service development and improvement on a national scale.
Travel between sites will be reimbursed.
Enjoy a role with no weekend hours and the option of flexible working or compressed hours to help you achieve the perfect balance between your professional and personal life.
Main duties of the job
As the Diabetes Midwifery Team Leader, your key responsibilities include:
- Coordinate and lead care delivery for women with diabetes, ensuring personalised, safe care plans throughout pregnancy.
- Manage the diabetes team, delivering services aligned with national, regional, and local priorities.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support positive pregnancy outcomes.
- Lead face-to-face clinics, manage your caseload, and educate both staff and patients on diabetes care.
- Navigate care pathways, provide education on pregnancy, labour, and birth, and present at MDT meetings.
- Use technology to enhance both virtual and in-person care settings.
• Lead service audits and maintain the diabetes database, ensuring continuous quality improvement.
*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*
Working for our organisation
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on welcoming individuals from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as those from our local area.
In line with our dedication to employee support, we offer a variety of benefits. For more information, please see the attached staff benefits leaflet.
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description which gives full details of the role. Alternatively call to arrange an informal visit to meet the team.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Leadership course or equivalent experience
- Management course
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification/equivalent and or Practice Assessor training
- To have completed a recognised University module in diabetes – Level 7 master’s or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of care delivery across MDTs and complex pathways
- Significant ANC experience at both management and clinical level
- Experience of working with the Diabetes Team
- Knowledge of current screening processes for Diabetes and diagnostic values
- Knowledge of Nice Guideline (2015) Diabetes in Pregnancy
- Knowledge of all diabetes related local policies
- Knowledge of hypo/ hyper glycaemia and treatment options
- Experience of case loading care for a cohort of patients
- Experience of designing and delivering teaching
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of practice development
- Quality Improvement
- Research projects
- Change management
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to understand complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
- Demonstrate a high level of organisation skills
- A strong sense of team accountability, with a clear understanding of when to escalate and to whom
Desirable criteria
- Can demonstrate a broad understanding of women’s health needs when on additional pathways
Communication
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the department and directorate both written and verbal
- Excellent communication skills: written/oral/non-verbal
- Respectful of difficult decisions made by women and their families
- Good team player
- Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
- Ability to motivate others
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Buttery
- Job title
- Antenatal Day Services Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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