Job overview

We have a vacancy in our well established team for a passionate midwife to lead our diabetic team, to cover 12 months maternity leave.

The midwife will be based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and will also work with the multidisciplinary diabetes in pregnancy team both in both face to face and virtual settings.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Specialist Midwifery team at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital as the Lead Midwife for the diabetic service, to cover 12 month maternity leave

The successful post-holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of personalised and evidence based care to women with pre-existing and gestational diabetes throughout pregnancy. 

Key components of the role are the running of both face to face and virtual clinics, diabetes app management, education for staff and women to support positive pregnancy experiences and optimum health, care pathway navigation, care planning for pregnancy, labour and birth and MDT presentations.

Applicants are expected to have experience in working within specialist midwifery, and should be able to evidence in depth knowledge and skills surrounding care of women affected by pre-existing/gestational diabetes.

Are you motivated, enthusiastic, hard-working and holistic in your care of women and their families with medically more complex needs? Are you interested in promoting optimum health in both the long and short term, whilst supporting women to achieve positive pregnancy outcomes? Do you have excellent communication skills, specialist knowledge and a desire to develop a service to meet the needs of women and their families?

If this sounds like you, please get in touch and/or apply for the role. More information can be found in the JD and person specification.

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

 Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.