Diabetes Nurse Specialist Community

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Valid 1st level registration (NMC)
• Accredited qualification at diploma level or above in diabetes or equivalent experience
• Degree level education or working towards
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Independent nurse prescriber or equivalent or willing to work towards
• Evidence of advanced training in diabetes

Experience

Essential

• Significant relevant post registration experience
• Experience working in a primary/community nursing setting
• Extensive, demonstrable post registration experience in the speciality including experience/knowledge of service management, planning and delivery
• Experience of managing change within the speciality
• Evidence and experience of innovative working in diabetes
• Evidence of working effectively and collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries
• Experience of autonomously managing patients with diabetes within a defined caseload
• Experience of caseload management, health assessment and advanced skills in patient education

Desirable

• Experience of working within the community

skills and knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and skills in diabetes management including diabetes insulin pumps and CGM
• Knowledge and skills to support learning and education for patients and practitioners
• Experience of audit and evaluation

Personal qualities

Essential

• Able to work autonomously and make independent decisions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Effective verbal and written skills
• IT and systems management skills
• Valid full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

Values and proud behaviours

Essential

• Patients first - provide a clinically based high quality patient centred service
• Respectful- maintain a professional manner, respecting and valuing individuals
• Ownership- Keen to learn and develop self and others. Seeking ways to improve the service and care delivery
• Unity - - works well within a Multi disciplinary team. Able to communicate and work across organisational boundaries
• Delivery - Deliver service targets and milestones. Active participation in audit and research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).