Job summary
Band 6 Endocrine Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes & Endocrine Centre -- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join the Endocrine Clinical Nurse Specialists at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. This developmental role offers the chance to work both autonomously and as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, delivering expert, patient-centred care to individuals with a wide range of endocrine conditions. You will be supported by senior CNS colleagues to develop advanced knowledge, clinical confidence, and specialist competencies within this dynamic and rewarding specialty.
We are looking for an innovative, compassionate, and hardworking nurse who is committed to delivering excellent care and supporting patients throughout their endocrine pathway.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist assessment, support, and management for patients with endocrine conditions across outpatient, inpatient, and diagnostic pathways.
Work autonomously within your scope of practice while contributing actively to the wider multidisciplinary team.
Support and coordinate endocrine dynamic function testing, ensuring safe monitoring and clear communication with patients.
Demonstrate advanced communication skills to counsel patients and families.
Act as a key point of contact for patients, offering timely advice, emotional support, and continuity of care.
Contribute to the development of patient information resources and deliver education to patients, carers, and ward-based staff.
Maintain up to date knowledge of endocrine pathways, treatments, and evidence-based practice.
Participate in service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives within the Endocrine Centre.
Work within your professional code of conduct and seek opportunities to develop your competence and specialist skills.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
Desirable
- *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
- *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
- *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
- * Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
- *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
- *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
- *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
- *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
- *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
- *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to contribute to service development
- *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
- *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
Desirable
- *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
- *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
- *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
- *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
- * Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written, verbal communication skills
- *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
- *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
- *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
- *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
- *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
- *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
- *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
- *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
- *Ability to contribute to service development
- *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
- *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
