Job summary
- Main area
- Women & Children
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Full time - pro rata per annum
- Job ref
- 343-6111976-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 pa pro rata incl HCASA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Midwife
Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
We are expanding our teams!
An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, highly motivated midwife who is passionate about working in collaboration with the obstetric and other multi-disciplinary teams to promote the ongoing development of Diabetes services within the team, based at ESTH (Epsom Site)
Essence of the Role
The post holder will be expected to work as a specialist (enhanced) diabetes midwife and provide high quality, effective, holistic, women centred pregnancy care for women with diabetes in pregnancy. In conjunction with the maternal medicine consultant(s) and associated multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will be responsible for providing midwifery care to pregnant women with diabetes and ensuring that communication between all parties involved is both timely and accurate.
The post holder will receive ongoing support, with opportunities to development additional skills and clinical practice.
The post holder will be instrumental in working with the wider teams in establishing continuity of care for diabetes in pregnancy.
The post holder will ensure compliance to guidelines and care pathways for individual woman.
The post holder will participate and develop audit tools or quality improvement projects to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the service.
The post holder will actively contribute in teaching and presenting in multidisciplinary training sessions.
For more information contact:
Patience Ohikhena
[email protected] / 07975232022
Main duties of the job
Essence of the Role
The post holder will be expected to work as a specialist (enhanced) diabetes midwife and provide high quality, effective, holistic, women centred pregnancy care for women with diabetes in pregnancy. In conjunction with the maternal medicine consultant(s) and associated multidisciplinary teams, the post holder will be responsible for providing midwifery care to pregnant women with diabetes and ensuring that communication between all parties involved is both timely and accurate.
Working for our organisation
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To develop specialist skills and knowledge in diabetes in relation to pregnancy, over time and to a standard that prepares the post holder to perform with a level of autonomy expressed by a specialist diabetes midwife including advanced decision making, using evidence based practice and highly developed advanced practice skills.
- Facilitate and have continuing responsibility for the effective assessment, implementation and evaluation of all midwifery care for women with diabetes and other complex medical conditions, within own sphere of clinical practice.
- Provide a link between midwives, general practitioners, health visitors, obstetricians and other agencies in relation to women’s care.
- To act as an advocate for women and babies receiving care.
- Facilitate and continually assess, implement and evaluate all midwifery care, in line with current evidence, unit policies and guidelines, and the NMC Midwives Rules and Code of Practice.
- Ensure that accurate, clear, contemporaneous, legible records are kept with evidence of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. Monitor standards and take corrective action as appropriate reporting to the midwifery coordinator/ lead midwife.
- Ensure due regard is given to needs, customs, values and spiritual beliefs of women and their families. Assess the needs of women and their families and friends and deal with them sensitively.
- Responsible for the protection and safe guarding of children, with an awareness of child protection procedures, and who to contact within the Trust for further help and guidance.
- Have an understanding of the guidelines relating to mental health issues and the referral process.
- Have involvement in the care of women and their families following bereavement giving appropriate and sensitive emotional support.
Person specification
Minimum of first degree Qualification
Essential criteria
- 5 yrs
- MInimum second class
NMC Registered
Essential criteria
- 5 years post registration
- post registration course e.g Diabetes course or its equivalent
- Mentorship qualification
- Leadership skills
- Knowledgeable in the area of Diabetes in pregnancy
- Teaching and Assessing students
Desirable criteria
- Research / project experience
- Ability to work within MDT
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Patience Ohikhena
- Job title
- Lead Midwife for Antenatal & Comm Mid Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07975232022
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