Diabetes Specialist Midwife

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at Sherwood Forest NHS Hospitals Maternity Department as a Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Midwife to provide safe and personalised care, achieving equity and reducing health inequalities in line with the National Maternity Agenda. Through close multidisciplinary team working and an intensified focus on glucose management within maternity settings the DSM plays a pivotal role in navigating care pathways to promote positive pregnancy and birth outcomes.

The successful post holder will be passionate and experienced in working with women and birthing people with diabetes, providing direct maternity care to these women in conjunction with the Obstetricians, Diabetes consultants, Diabetes Specialist midwife, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Dietician and wider multidisciplinary teams (MDT).

They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of personalised and evidence-based care to women/birthing people with diabetes throughout pregnancy and beyond. They will be expected to be a visible presence on the maternity unit being accessible to the Maternity Team for support and advise on care during the admission of a pregnant person with diabetes in pregnancy.

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients; we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.