Job summary
Are you an experienced and
passionate diabetes specialist nurse looking to take the next step in your
career?
We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional
nurse leader to join The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust as a Diabetes
Specialist Nurse & Service Lead. This is a key role at the heart of an
evolving, quality-driven diabetes service, focused on innovation,
collaboration, and outstanding patient care.
Youll lead a committed team of Diabetes
Specialist Nurses and work across community and acute care settings, helping
shape the strategic direction of diabetes services within the Rotherham health
community. This role combines advanced clinical practice, operational
management, and service developmentoffering a rewarding challenge for an
experienced nurse leader ready to make a difference.
Main duties of the job
Lead and manage the Diabetes Specialist Nursing team, ensuring delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care.Develop and implement care pathways aligned with the Super Six Model of Diabetes Care.Drive service innovation and quality improvement, ensuring performance meets agreed KPIs and national standards.Act as an autonomous practitioner with your own specialist caseload..Deliver expert education to staff, patients, and carers, and contribute to national structured education programmes such as DAFNE and DESMOND.Work with the Service support manager to support business planning, budget monitoring and contribute to policy development.
About us
The Rotherham
NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our
local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the
right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of
Rotherham
As a Trust we
are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of
everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the
second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a
place to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagement
overall
But don't just
take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for
our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and
recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of
patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making
All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve
our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.
If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us
on our journey to excellence
Certificates of Sponsorship
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification
for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification
for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Degree in health / nursing related Studies or equivalent level of study
- Relevant prescribing qualification
- Post basic qualification in diabetes or equivalent portfolio as evidence
- Experience of working within the Diabetes specialist area
- NHS Leadership course or completed a recognised leadership development programme
- Demonstrable Senior management or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Relevant teaching qualification
knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of development, expertise and innovation in clinical practice
- Excellent understanding of diabetes and its clinical management
- Role model with a significant level of autonomy and accountability
- Ability to work across professional teams and organisational bodies including experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Proven track record of planning and implementing service change
- Ability to accept wide responsibility and use own initiative
- Ability to identify and prevent stress in self and others, also taking effective action to manage the situation when it odes impact on capability
- Able to cope with and confidentially work in adverse situations, being able to rapidly appraise and manage situations as they arise
- Policies, practices and procedures e.g.NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
Registration
Essential
- Current level one NMC registration Relevant learning beyond registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of developing and delivering specific training packages and care pathways
- Experience of strategic and local development
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Extensive experience of providing training and supporting staff in their professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of experience at management level
- Experience of budget management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Degree in health / nursing related Studies or equivalent level of study
- Relevant prescribing qualification
- Post basic qualification in diabetes or equivalent portfolio as evidence
- Experience of working within the Diabetes specialist area
- NHS Leadership course or completed a recognised leadership development programme
- Demonstrable Senior management or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Relevant teaching qualification
knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of development, expertise and innovation in clinical practice
- Excellent understanding of diabetes and its clinical management
- Role model with a significant level of autonomy and accountability
- Ability to work across professional teams and organisational bodies including experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Proven track record of planning and implementing service change
- Ability to accept wide responsibility and use own initiative
- Ability to identify and prevent stress in self and others, also taking effective action to manage the situation when it odes impact on capability
- Able to cope with and confidentially work in adverse situations, being able to rapidly appraise and manage situations as they arise
- Policies, practices and procedures e.g.NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
Registration
Essential
- Current level one NMC registration Relevant learning beyond registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of developing and delivering specific training packages and care pathways
- Experience of strategic and local development
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Extensive experience of providing training and supporting staff in their professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of experience at management level
- Experience of budget management
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
