Specialist Diabetes Midwife | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RW |
| Company: | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7489327/245-NAM6DMID-06-25-A |
Summary
Specialist Diabetes Midwife
Are you looking for new prospects in your midwifery career? We are seeking a motivated and experienced NMC registered midwife to support the diabetes in pregnancy service,where you will work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to improving care, experience, and outcomes for the population of Tameside and Glossop whose pregnancy is complicated by diabetes.
You will be responsible for the provision of a safe and effective service in the delivery of care, advice and support to people with diabetes in pregnancy. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of diabetes in pregnancy and a passion for supporting birthing people and their families to achieve optimal care and outcomes. For this role you should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a flexible approach and commitment to work.
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.
You will work closely with and in partnership with the Lead Diabetes Midwife to act as an expert resource, providing visible support, clinical knowledge, and education and training to healthcare staff. In this role you will contribute to the development of guidelines and work to achieve best practice – engaging with staff and service users and working collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, service users, and stakeholders.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025