Diabetes Specialist Midwife
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as a specialist midwife with enhanced education in diabetes, providing support and guidance to women with complex diabetic pregnancies. You will evolve the diabetic care pathway in collaboration with other specialists and act as an advisor to other midwives. The role requires advanced clinical decision-making, supporting women through pregnancy and birth, and guiding them on neonatal care. You will also build community networks to signpost women for future care and ensure high-quality, clinically effective care.
Key responsibilities
- Act as an expert clinical practitioner within own clinical area.
- Assess, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
- Monitor and ensure maintenance of standards of care and high quality of care for women and their family.
- Supervise and develop staff, and participate in research and audit.
- Undertake the full role of the midwife, including advanced decision making using evidence-based practice.
- Directly refer maternity users for medical investigations and review to other health care professionals as agreed by the lead consultant obstetrician.
Essential criteria
- 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
- 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
- Computer Skills
- Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills
Desirable criteria
- Registered nurse
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Diabetes Specialist Midwife
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
Working as the specialist midwife with enhanced education and training in diabetes, he/she will be best placed to provide additional support and guidance to a women 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 sign post the women, enabling then 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 h
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