Diabetes Specialist Midwife in Harrow

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.

St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.

Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.

Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job overview: Working as the specialist midwife with enhanced education and training in diabetes, he/she will provide additional support and guidance to a woman and her family when her care becomes increasingly complex as a result of diabetes. The specialist midwife will evolve the diabetic care pathway and will work in collaboration with the diabetic nurse specialist and obstetric consultants who specialise in diabetes. In this role, the specialist midwife will act as an advisor to other midwives and will demonstrate an advanced level of clinical decision making and responsibility. They will provide a continuum for the diabetic population which will enhance the health of the women and their families. The specialist midwife will continue to support, advise and monitor women’s health and wellbeing during her pregnancy and birth. He/she will guide the women and her family on the care of the neonate and monitor its wellbeing. The specialist midwife will build up networks within the community to which they will be able to signpost the women, enabling them to take responsibility for their future care. He/she will work closely with midwifery and obstetric colleagues to ensure that care provision for the patients in the care pathways is of high quality, clinically effective and resource efficient.

Main duties of the job:

• Expert clinical practitioner within own clinical area
• Assesses, develops, implements and evaluates programmes of care
• Monitors and ensures maintenance of standards of care
• Monitors and ensures high quality of care for women and their family
• Supervises and develops staff
• Participates in research and audit
• Undertake the full role of the midwife including advanced decision making, using evidence based practice and highly developed advanced practice skills
• Directly refer maternity users for medical investigations and for review to other health care professionals, as agreed by the lead consultant obstetrician

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification:

• Education/Qualifications: Registered Midwife currently eligible to practice; Educated to Midwifery Degree level or evidence of significant clinical experience; Evidence of further professional development; ENB 997/Mentorship or equivalent; Evidence of a secondary qualification in diabetes.
• Knowledge & Experience: Significant experience in the role of diabetes midwife at Band 6 or band 7; Advanced clinical midwifery skills in diabetes; Demonstrate awareness of current health care legislation and innovations; Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance; Evidence of teaching and mentoring.
• Skills, Abilities & Attributes: Computer Skills; Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

As part of our commitment to Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black, Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.