Clinical Nurse Specialist

2 months ago


Ashford, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you have an interest in, or passion for working with children and young people with diabetes, or do you have previous experience in the management of paediatric diabetes that you'd like to develop and share within a new team?

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated nurse with good knowledge and understanding of the management of childhood diabetes and who is committed to working with and supporting children, young people and their families.

With one of the largest services for children and young people with diabetes in the South East Coast and London network we can offer you a rewarding, flexible and supportive role building long term professional relationships with CYP and their families. We are on an exciting improvement journey and can offer you a rewarding and supported role with our care group.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will manage a designated clinical caseload. Use clinical judgment and autonomous decision making about the specialist nursing care and management of children and young people with diabetes.

Provide leadership and direct line-management for a small team of staff supporting them to care for a caseload of children and young people.

Facilitate teamwork across the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high standard diabetes service to children, adolescents, families and carers.

Participate in a regular review of the responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team as a service provider, examining the structure and processes against all criteria identified in the Best Practice Tariff, National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and Peer review.

Assist the Lead Nurse and deputise in their absence.

The candidate will work cross-site within East Kent and will participate pro-rata in the Out of Hours telephone on-call service for children, young people and their families ensuring they have access to specialist diabetes advice.

You will mainly work within the hospital setting but the role may entail time within the home and the community; enhancing established links with schools and other community groups and forging new ones. Dedicated children's diabetes clinics are established in five localities within the Trust whilst inpatient care following diagnosis is provided by the two busy children's wards on two main sites in Margate and Ashford.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

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