Main duties of the job
- Ensure the Diabetes service, is in line national best practice recommendations, creating and adapting guidelines as necessary.
- Provide midwifery support in specialist Diabetes clinic, both independently and as part of the MDT including Obstetric and Endocrine Consultants.
- Ensure all necessary referrals are completed in a timely manner.
- Collate and report audit findings to the National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit (NPID)
- Ensuring that the maternity Diabetes Service is adequately covered at all times for women with diabetes in pregnancy, providing individual support and advice to the women and their families.
- Confidently manage individual cases of diabetes, advising, managing and prescribing medication (on Midwifery PGD, or as non-medical prescriber) as required.
- Coordinating plans of care where women are receiving care from multiple specialties/agencies and ensure all plans for woman/neonate are clearly documented and communicated with the wider maternity team as appropriate
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