Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring that the Trust provides high quality, person focused care, using current evidence-based practice. To also provide support, expert guidance and education to people living with diabetes, their carers/families and healthcare professionals involved in caring for people with diabetes.

The post-holder will be a core member of the Clinical Nurse Specialist team, working in all areas of diabetes and must have a strong teamwork ethos. They will be required to work autonomously and manage their own caseload, run nurse-led clinics and support other healthcare professionals in specialist MDT clinics, such as antenatal clinic, renal clinic, young person's clinic, etc to meet the often-complex healthcare needs of people living with diabetes. In addition, they will be required to support and supervise junior members of the team.

The post will primarily be based at the University Hospital of North Midlands, County Site. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the identification of the diabetes health care needs of the local health economy and work towards promoting and improving diabetes care both in the acute hospital setting and the wider community.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point
• Portfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas
• Experience and/or qualifications in the specific area

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a diabetes specialism
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
5. New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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