Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a band 6 midwife to join the Diabetic Team.  
You will work closely with the Diabetic midwives, Nurse, community midwives and maternity to provide wholistic care to our diabetic women.  
If you think you have the skills required and need a new challenge, then please contact below to discuss and apply via NHS jobs: 
The post-holder will be a registered midwife with over 3 years’ experience as Band 6, able to demonstrate higher  meet the demands of a busy clinical service.
In this role you will be expected to demonstrate a passion for promoting evidence-based practice, offer women continuity of care and to support diabetic women in every part of their pregnancy journey.
If you would like an informal discussion, please speak to Carol Nkeabu or Mona Ugiagbe.
 (Diabetic specialist midwives ext. 24077)
Carol Nkeabu, [email protected]

Main duties of the job

•    To provide high quality, safe and holistic midwifery care to women and their families whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes. The post holder will have a high level of expert knowledge and skills and be provided with relevant specialist training where required, which they will use to manage, develop and lead care for pregnant women and new mothers with additional needs. 

•    Provide direct client care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.

•    To be responsible for providing extra support and care to women whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes in partnership with the named Diabetes Specialist Midwife (DSM), the Diabetes in Pregnancy multi-disciplinary team and external agencies. 

•    To work closely with women and their families to plan and coordinate their care based on their individual needs. They will provide a link between the maternity service and other services involved in diabetes care. 

•    Assist the band 7 DSM to ensure that high standards of quality care are delivered and maintained for women with Diabetes, and to deputise for the Band 7 DSM as required. 

•    To promote the use of quality improvement methods by frontline staff in order to deliver measurable improvements in patient care and to participate the audit.

•    To act as a resource of diabetes specialist knowledge to other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.