Maternity Diabetes Failsafe Officer

Maternity Diabetes Failsafe Officer: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Midwifery Team.

The overall purpose of this role is to:-

• To support the provision of a safe and effective maternity specialist failsafe service.
• The post holder will support the diabetes and maternal medicine specialist services to develop and maintain risk stratification procedures in relation to patient pathways and follow up requirements.
• To work within the MDT and provide expertise in the proactive management of diabetic and maternal medicine pathways from referral to discharge, ensuring the entire pathway is managed smoothly.
• The post holder will ensure high levels of patient and clinician satisfaction be being an accessible, customer focused and knowledgeable point of contact.

You would be working part time, standard office days and times.

Please note that this advert may close early should the application cap be reached, therefore do not delay submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

To be first point of contact in the receipt and acknowledgment of referrals and ensure all diabetic and maternal medicine referrals are booked into the correct clinic slots in the appropriate time

Responsibility for checking the quality of data entered onto the failsafe systems and filing systems, to ensure that all national standards are maintained and reportable

Support the Maternal Medicine Midwife, Diabetic Midwife with data collection, outcomes and reporting

Update appropriate systems to ensure that relevant national records and audits are monitored.

To assess the need to contact individual patients and coordinate completion of any outstanding appointments

Track all new and follow up patients to provide assurance that appointments are received and attended within clinically led times

Escalate any capacity issues to the team leader to ensure that patient care is not postponed or compromised. Ensure any breaches are escalated to the team leader.

Notify any DNA’s to the relevant member of staff

Work with medical records and outpatients administration to reschedule outpatients clinics as requested

To ensure appointments are in line with the trust access policy inclusive of guidelines, highlighting and escalating issues and taking corrective action where necessary

To deal with concerns/complaints as appropriate, immediately escalating where necessary to the appropriate direct line of reporting

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso (Company Name - Subscribers only) Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto (Company Name - Subscribers only) Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Details

Date posted

09 July 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year Pro Rata Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

272-7961447

Job locations

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

Armthorpe Road

Doncaster

DN2 5LT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Certificate of sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa – GOV.UK

Please note that from 9th April2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship. Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Certificate of sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa – GOV.UK

Please note that from 9th April2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• NVQ Level 2 in a subject relevant to failsafe role
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or above/grade 4 or above) or equivalent such as functional skills level 2

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in a subject relevant to failsafe role
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Competent user of (Company Name - Subscribers only)/Health IT and clinical systems such as K2

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within an (Company Name - Subscribers only) administration and/or health environment
• Experience in using word processing, spreadsheets and database packages

Desirable

• Experience of working within a maternity, administration or failsafe setting

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a clear commitment to the team approach; exchanging ideas and providing support to colleagues
• Conveys written information clearly and accurately to a wide range of recipients
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to motivate and organise people
• Methodical and an extremely organised approach
• Ability to prioritise and cope with busy workload whilst adapting to changing priorities and environments
• Able to work as part of a team and alone, using own initiative.

Desirable

• Embraces responsibility for identifying sound and effective solutions to a variety of different problems

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• NVQ Level 2 in a subject relevant to failsafe role
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or above/grade 4 or above) or equivalent such as functional skills level 2

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in a subject relevant to failsafe role
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Competent user of (Company Name - Subscribers only)/Health IT and clinical systems such as K2

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within an (Company Name - Subscribers only) administration and/or health environment
• Experience in using word processing, spreadsheets and database packages

Desirable

• Experience of working within a maternity, administration or failsafe setting

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a clear commitment to the team approach; exchanging ideas and providing support to colleagues
• Conveys written information clearly and accurately to a wide range of recipients
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to motivate and organise people
• Methodical and an extremely organised approach
• Ability to prioritise and cope with busy workload whilst adapting to changing priorities and environments
• Able to work as part of a team and alone, using own initiative.

Desirable

• Embraces responsibility for identifying sound and effective solutions to a variety of different problems