Diabetes Specialist Nurse

We are seeking a dedicated Diabetes Nurse Specialist to deliver high-quality nursing care within our diabetes service, mainly in the inpatient setting. The role involves providing expert education, training, support, and advice to healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care, particularly within secondary care. You will play a key role in ensuring effective communication and collaboration between primary and secondary healthcare teams to support seamless patient care.

As an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of high standards in diabetes management. Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients and their families and carers following diagnosis and thereafter.
• To liaise closely with defined GP practices and community nurses to ensure current recommended practice is effectively delivered.
• To ensure continuity of high standard evidence based nursing care, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans for a defined caseload of patients in secondary care.
• To manage own caseload of patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
• To follow up patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, providing relevant information enabling patients and their carers to make informed choices regarding treatment.
• To refer patients presenting with complex diabetes associated problems on to a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse or senior Diabetes Dietitian using integrated patient care pathways.
• To develop and participate in the on-going education of people with diabetes, ensuring timely referral to participate in appropriate structured education programmes.
• To assist patients and their carers to achieve individual goals to maintain physical and psychological well being.
• Be fully conversant with the actions of insulin and oral therapies under agreed guidelines and protocols.
• To undertake the initiation and stabilisation of patients requiring insulin treatment and oral therapies under agreed guidelines and protocols., The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

• NMC Level 1
• Current registration with the NMC on relevant part of the register
• Evidence of continuing professional development

• Diploma in Diabetes
• Teaching course
• First level degree in nursing or working towards this

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capable practitioner either through formal qualifications or pertinent experience in diabetes
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Promotes a patient centred approach
• Ability to impart complex information to patients and carers
• Basic counselling skills
• Competent IT skills
• Willingness to learn new skills in order to increase scope of practice
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility in clinical situations
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Recognises the need for supervision

• Fully conversant with Word/PowerPoint/Excel
• Leadership skills

• Post registration experience
• Recent relevant experience in diabetes

• Experience of running research and audit programmes
• Experience working in Primary care or out-patient setting

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Recognises limitations in own knowledge and seeks advice from supervisor and other appropriate colleagues

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Committed to the principle of equal opportunities for both staff and patients
• Awareness of relevant NMC Guidelines
• Able to travel around locality

• Understanding of healthcare needs in a multicultural ethnically diverse community
• Experience of working in a…