Diabetes Nurse Specialist Trainee

We are looking for 2 experienced band 5/6 Nurse to join our Diabetes and Endocrine team, to provide excellent inpatient and outpatient diabetes care cross site.

One is permanent and the other a 10 month secondment.

The post holder will provide some existing clinical knowledge both in inpatient and outpatient care, and will join a dynamic team based at WMUH and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. This role is very much an educational and development post for the applicant.

The Diabetes Nurse Specialist provides expertise in all aspects of diabetes care provision. This would involve delivering excellent diabetes care to individuals and patient groups as a component of the patients' care management, in collaboration with the wider multi-professional healthcare team, as well as being a provider of excellent nurse teaching and ward education.

• Working as an integral member of the diabetes team across Chelsea & Westminster and West Middlesex University Hospital
• Active supervised participation in nurse led/ multidisciplinary clinics which would include: Complicated cases, initiating and titrating new therapies (OHAs and insulin). Insulin pumps (working closely with our pump co-ordinator) as well as initiating pump therapy with support, Adolescent transition clinics (including pump clinic), Pre-conception care, Ante-natal care, CGMS clinics and routine follow up
• Nurse led Virtual - email/ telephone clinics, including the safe logging of information in line with Trust guidelines
• Providing skilled assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of specialist diabetes care within defined guidelines and protocols under supervision
• Provide advanced diabetes specialist nursing care to patients who have diabetes throughout the Trust, as well as offering structured education to patients
• Ordering, performing and interpreting relevant tests and investigations
• Providing expert diabetes advice and guidance to nurses & other disciplines, and teaching on nurse induction and mandatory update programmes under supervision
• Providing specialist training and education to own and other professions
• Setting and monitoring standards of diabetes care and treatment
• Participating in audit and research activity
• Disseminating good practice

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary diabetes team assessing and managing a caseload of diabetes patients maintaining effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Provide expert knowledge of diabetes and work within an agreed job plan to meet diabetes service needs. This should include expert knowledge, understanding and competency in the use of insulin pumps and insulin pump therapy, insulin administration, all diabetes treatments, as well as monitoring devices including continuous blood glucose monitors.
• Undertake supervised nurse-led diabetes clinics, conducting and interpreting relevant tests and investigations.
• Work in collaboration with the multi professional diabetes team, supporting medical review clinics, contributing expert, evidence based diabetes knowledge and skills. This should include participating in the joint obstetric/diabetes antenatal clinic to provide diabetes to pregnant women who have pre-existing or gestational diabetes. The consultant led insulin pump clinic and medical review clinics.
• Excellent and effective communication and interpersonal skills to provide information, explanation and reassurance to diabetes patients in a sensitive, empathetic caring manner.
• Plan and conduct appropriate follow up of diabetes patients to ensure safe and effective diabetes care delivery.