Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes in pregnancy service
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- One post 23.5 hours secondment, one post 16 hours permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 356-25-7107535-A
- Employer
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- HULL
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Dependent on experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
We are Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH)!
HUTH is a great place to work and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Registered Midwife to join the Diabetes in Pregnancy service.
There are two posts advertised here. One post which is a secondment at 23.5 hours per week to cover maternity leave for 12 months. A second post at 16 hours per week as a perment and additional band 6 post.
Please obtain permission from your manager before applying for a secondment.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Midwife you will provide high quality and safe midwifery care to women, birthing people and their families whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes. You will be willing to develop a high level of relevant, expert knowledge and skills which you will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant people.
You will work alongside the Diabetes Specialist Midwife Lead and in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate care based on a patients individual needs, providing a link between the maternity service and the other services involved in diabetes care.
You may be required to deputise for the Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Midwife and will be expected to act as a resource for diabetes specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Working enthusiastically and autonomously within guidelines and the sphere of professional practice and with completion of a recognised preceptorship programme, we are looking for candidates who are ready to meet this challenge and who share the Group’s values of COMPASSION, HONESTY, RESPECT AND TEAMWORK.
Working for our organisation
Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please seek consent from your manager prior to applying for a secondment.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with current UK NMC Registration
- Degree level qualification or equivalent in Midwifery
- PROMPT or other relevant emergency skills qualification
- Evidence of preceptorship programme completion
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 Safeguarding Training
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Practice Supervisor / Assessor qualification
- Proven ability to communicate well within a multidisciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to deal with any potentially difficult or sensitive issues
- Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
- Proven ability to prioritise own workload
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
- Keyboard skills
- Safeguarding experience
- Teaching qualification
- Exposure to pregnant patients with diabetes and diabetic pathways
communication and Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Shows desire and capability to develop in nursing care standards
- Show knowledge in health and safety issues
- Essence of care / nursing strategy and follows evidence-based practice
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
Essential criteria
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Waterton
- Job title
- Lead Diabetes Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795235929
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