Diabetes Specialist Nurse

1 week ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We have exciting openings in the Diabetes Team at Ipswich Hospital. The Diabetes team is dynamic and forward thinking & have expanded to provide an integrated diabetes service for East Suffolk. The team has won several awards including the Quality in Diabetes Care award on 2 occasions, Uninvant awards in peri-operative care, Service Improvement of the Year Award 2024 & the HSJ award.

Due to maternity leaves within the team, we have two nurse specialist posts available. These be offered at ether Band 6 or Band 7 - this will be dependant on experience.

You will be based at the Ipswich Hospital Diabetes & Endocrine Centre working as part of this multidisciplinary team, participating in the delivery of integrated diabetes care for people with diabetes across East Suffolk.

These posts will be mainly based in the outpatient setting with close working with our ward based & community based nursing team colleagues. We offer secondary care services to patients with both Type 1 & complex Type 2 diabetes as well as covering specialist areas of diabetes in pregnancy, diabetes related renal disease &insulin pump therapy.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals to join us. If you are passionate about delivering high standards care, have proven leadership & clinical skills or are interested in exploring diabetes as a specialism in your career, please consider applying for this post.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

You will act as a recognised clinical expert in all areas of diabetes care and management within the outpatient team.

You will provide expert education and support for adult patients and their carers with regard to all areas of diabetes care and management Trust wide.

You will work as an practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, providing a continuous service for patients diagnosed with all forms of diabetes, providing holistic care, advice and support in both in-patient and out-patient settings.

You will act as mentor and provide expert knowledge and advice, clinical supervision and clinical governance to ensure patient safety.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details on the role and responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience in management of patients with diabetes Experience of developing, training and education in clinical practice Experience of multidisciplinary working Completion of diabetes competencies

Desirable

Evidence of Audit and Research experience Understanding of Quality Improvement Methodology

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC registration Evidence of academic pathway towards master's degree level Recognised Diabetes Qualification Evidence of mentorship

Desirable

DESMOND/DAFNE Educator Counselling Course Registered non-medical prescriber

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding Insulin - to have undertaken the e-learning module "safe use of insulin"

Desirable

Recognised Diabetes course - Merit, Warwick, Langwith courses GCP training

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