Job summary
The post holder is an expert specialist resource in diabetes in pregnancy. The post carriescontinuing responsibility for the delivery of high quality effective and sensitive care to womenand their families.
Act as lead professional for other midwives and health professionals with regard to diabetesin pregnancy, third trimester ultrasound scanning and appropriate referral.
The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to provide and co-ordinatehigh standards of care for women whose maternity pathways include diabetes and otherendocrine conditions.
Provides visible leadership and evidence-based information, expert advice, support andeducation to women and their families, and health professionals.
Leading day to day on the provision of services for pregnant women with diabetes. Sole pointof contact within maternity for referral management to the service.
Work closely with the SBLCB Matron, SBLCB Midwives, the Lead Midwife for education, thelead midwife for risk and governance, and lead midwife for quality improvement to achievekey deliverables.
Please see the JD attached.
Main duties of the job
Provide a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence, acting as a professional rolemodel by providing effective leadership and support within the multidisciplinary andmidwifery teams.Act as a source of expert knowledge for all staff involved in maternity care. Provide advicesupport and information, regarding the appropriate management and referrals of womenwith diabetes in pregnancy, including women with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes planningpregnancy.Communicate with the key stakeholders to maximise the success of SBLCB.Responsibility for the provision of expert specialised care for women under the Diabetesin pregnancy care pathway, ensuring that they are receiving high standards of evidencebased personalised and compassionate care.Work in collaboration with the diabetes nurse specialists and diabetes medical andobstetric teams. Build close liaisons with the multi-disciplinary team and communitymidwifery teams so as to ensure the coordination of a quality provision of diabetes is tothe highest standard and is maintained throughout the care pathway.
Act as a supportive professional role model for midwifery, providing midwifery care inaccordance with the NMC Codes of practice.
About us
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Able to organise and manage the unpredictable nature of referrals to pre-pregnancy,antenatal diabetes, and maternal endocrine service.
Organise and coordinate outpatient clinics for the services, ensuring appropriate follow on care is organised.
Represent both diabetes services at local, regional, and national meetings andconferences.
Attend the relevant forums in Maternity to share best practice, service improvements andthe relevant outcome data.
Co-ordinate team representation at Clinical Audit and professional meetings within thehospital and community and disseminate information to ensure effective communication.Act as point of contact with clinical director for National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit(NPID).
Ensure effective and efficient use of all resources. Be aware of budgetary responsibilitiesand ensure adequate systems are in place for maintenance of equipment and resources.
Propose changes to working practice incorporating national and local recommendations,guidelines, targets, and available resources. Assist in the implementation of nationaldiabetes and maternity strategies and recommendations.
The post holder will work closely with the senior midwifery team to further develop relatedpathways and guidelines to assure appropriate and responsive care to women, babies,and their families. Contribute to specialist guidelines and policies for own area, includingleading and contributing to the way diabetes maternity services in the local area areorganised.
Influence and nurture positive attitudes and behaviours within the teams and widermultidisciplinary team.
Actively contribute to change management in partnership with the multidisciplinary teamto ensure the development of plans that meet targets set by Government initiatives.Provide specialist support, education and training to midwives and other team membersenabling them to exercise professional judgement in caring for women with diabetes.
Take action to ensure that all clinical risks and complaints are identified, reported withinthe clinical risk reporting framework and monitor outcomes, which include theinvestigation of incidents and complaints within the maternity services and feedback tostaff to ensure lessons are learnt.
Appropriately reassure and counsel clients, partners, and other relatives.
Deal with challenging behaviour and impart distressing news. Need to communicatehighly sensitive information especially where barriers to understanding/acceptance needto be overcome.
Maintain personal professional profile with a reflective practice record in preparation forrevalidation. Continually audit own practice in specialist field, participate in qualityassurance reporting.
Co-ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities, and workload of any team members
Job description
Job responsibilities
Able to organise and manage the unpredictable nature of referrals to pre-pregnancy,antenatal diabetes, and maternal endocrine service.
Organise and coordinate outpatient clinics for the services, ensuring appropriate follow on care is organised.
Represent both diabetes services at local, regional, and national meetings andconferences.
Attend the relevant forums in Maternity to share best practice, service improvements andthe relevant outcome data.
Co-ordinate team representation at Clinical Audit and professional meetings within thehospital and community and disseminate information to ensure effective communication.Act as point of contact with clinical director for National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit(NPID).
Ensure effective and efficient use of all resources. Be aware of budgetary responsibilitiesand ensure adequate systems are in place for maintenance of equipment and resources.
Propose changes to working practice incorporating national and local recommendations,guidelines, targets, and available resources. Assist in the implementation of nationaldiabetes and maternity strategies and recommendations.
The post holder will work closely with the senior midwifery team to further develop relatedpathways and guidelines to assure appropriate and responsive care to women, babies,and their families. Contribute to specialist guidelines and policies for own area, includingleading and contributing to the way diabetes maternity services in the local area areorganised.
Influence and nurture positive attitudes and behaviours within the teams and widermultidisciplinary team.
Actively contribute to change management in partnership with the multidisciplinary teamto ensure the development of plans that meet targets set by Government initiatives.Provide specialist support, education and training to midwives and other team membersenabling them to exercise professional judgement in caring for women with diabetes.
Take action to ensure that all clinical risks and complaints are identified, reported withinthe clinical risk reporting framework and monitor outcomes, which include theinvestigation of incidents and complaints within the maternity services and feedback tostaff to ensure lessons are learnt.
Appropriately reassure and counsel clients, partners, and other relatives.
Deal with challenging behaviour and impart distressing news. Need to communicatehighly sensitive information especially where barriers to understanding/acceptance needto be overcome.
Maintain personal professional profile with a reflective practice record in preparation forrevalidation. Continually audit own practice in specialist field, participate in qualityassurance reporting.
Co-ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities, and workload of any team members
Person Specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in higher education or equivalent in teaching and assessing in clinical practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- MSc or working towards Working towards MSc
- PG qualification/education in Diabetes management
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a midwife Band 6/
- Broad range of midwifery experience including within a community or Outpatient Setting
- Experience of participation in audit activities
- Experience of implementing change and sound knowledge of SBLCB Element 6
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Evidence of leadership, management and/or team development at clinical level
- Evidence of clinical teaching and supporting students in practice
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Desirable
- Evidence of practical experience in third trimester ultrasound
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Sound knowledge and experience of diabetes and its impact upon pregnancy, birth, and future healt
- Able to act as a midwifery specialist adviser to team members and other professional groups in formal and informal setting
- Motivated and able to teach students and junior staff
- Contemporary knowledge of strategic midwifery practice issues
- Ability to undertake audits and present findings at differing forum
- Able to use research to plan, implement and evaluate concepts leading to improvement of the servic
- Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of women's health needs within the concept of changing healthcare provisio
- IT skills
- Up to date with requirements of safeguarding within maternity services. Professional resilience and work ethics.
- Capable of working autonomously with a minimum of direct supervision
- Oral and written communication skill
- Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to challenge appropriately
- Able to deal sensitively and non-confrontationally with colleagues and clients
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate skills, knowledge, and experience in third trimester ultrasound
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Innovative and visionary
- Flexible and adaptable
- Effective team leader with positive motivational skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and liaise within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
- Act as a credible role model for colleagues
- Physical effort - highly developed hand eye coordination, dexterity and fine motor skills are essential to simultaneously manipulate the ultrasound probe ,adjust controls while interpreting a dynamic image to provide a diagnostic report
- Ability to work in a sustained and controlled manner
- Emotional effort - ability to work effectively in a potentially highly pressurised emotive environmen
- Working conditions - working in variety of settings including other maternity areas as required
Person Specification
Educations, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in higher education or equivalent in teaching and assessing in clinical practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- MSc or working towards Working towards MSc
- PG qualification/education in Diabetes management
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a midwife Band 6/
- Broad range of midwifery experience including within a community or Outpatient Setting
- Experience of participation in audit activities
- Experience of implementing change and sound knowledge of SBLCB Element 6
- Experience of teaching within clinical areas
- Evidence of leadership, management and/or team development at clinical level
- Evidence of clinical teaching and supporting students in practice
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
Desirable
- Evidence of practical experience in third trimester ultrasound
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Sound knowledge and experience of diabetes and its impact upon pregnancy, birth, and future healt
- Able to act as a midwifery specialist adviser to team members and other professional groups in formal and informal setting
- Motivated and able to teach students and junior staff
- Contemporary knowledge of strategic midwifery practice issues
- Ability to undertake audits and present findings at differing forum
- Able to use research to plan, implement and evaluate concepts leading to improvement of the servic
- Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of women's health needs within the concept of changing healthcare provisio
- IT skills
- Up to date with requirements of safeguarding within maternity services. Professional resilience and work ethics.
- Capable of working autonomously with a minimum of direct supervision
- Oral and written communication skill
- Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to challenge appropriately
- Able to deal sensitively and non-confrontationally with colleagues and clients
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate skills, knowledge, and experience in third trimester ultrasound
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Innovative and visionary
- Flexible and adaptable
- Effective team leader with positive motivational skills
- Ability to co-ordinate and liaise within a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
- Act as a credible role model for colleagues
- Physical effort - highly developed hand eye coordination, dexterity and fine motor skills are essential to simultaneously manipulate the ultrasound probe ,adjust controls while interpreting a dynamic image to provide a diagnostic report
- Ability to work in a sustained and controlled manner
- Emotional effort - ability to work effectively in a potentially highly pressurised emotive environmen
- Working conditions - working in variety of settings including other maternity areas as required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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