Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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The opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join a 1-year project to provide care to people in Greenwich.

This fixed‑term or secondment, one-year post focusses on reviewing housebound patients who are under the care of district nursing and require insulin therapy, using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM). The post holder will lead this initiative to optimise diabetes management for this patient group, improve safety and outcomes, supporting the integration of CGM into community‑based care.

The post holder will provide support and education for housebound patients, their carers and families to enable them to self‑administer insulin. We are expecting travel in the borough independently.

As a non‑medical prescriber with experience in titrating insulin, you must be able to work on your own as well as part of a team. You will be involved in educating staff, patients, their family or carers and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team. The post holder will also be supported by the Diabetes Team lead.

• Support the ongoing work to shape the future delivery of diabetes care across Greenwich.

• Review housebound patients under the care of the District Nursing Service who require insulin therapy, with the use of CGM technology.

• Lead the initiative to optimise diabetes management for this patient group, improve safety and outcomes, and support the integration of CGM into community‑based care.

• Provide sound clinical leadership for service improvement, monitoring and improving standards of care in accordance with National diabetes guidance.

• Provide specialised expertise in practice, facilitation and management of change through collaboration, providing vision, education, research and practice development.

• Offer patients, relatives, carers and community healthcare professionals support and advice by providing education programmes tailored to suit needs and will provide specialist expertise and education in diabetes care to GPs, District Nurses, patients, relatives, carers and other health care professionals and will support junior staff in doing so.

• Full‑time band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse with experience in diabetes management.

• Non‑medical prescriber with experience in titrating insulin.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Experience with Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) preferred.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services in community and secure settings. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and voluntary sector. We have over 125 sites in the South of England, operating within Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Kent, and providing care to prisons in various regions.

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For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Amitha George

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Diabetes Team Lead (Greenwich)
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