Job summary
Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 6
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
Please note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months covering maternity leave
We are recruiting for a Diabetes Nurse Specialist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will provide expert, evidence-based care while effectively managing a caseload. Your responsibilities include assessing and reviewing referrals, ensuring patients are seen within recommended timeframes. You will perform comprehensive assessments, including physical examinations, symptom evaluations, test result analysis, and recommendations for further diagnostics.
You will respond to inquiries from patients and healthcare professionals, offering informed guidance. Maintaining accurate records is essential, ensuring real-time updates to patient records and timely completion of Electronic Discharge Notifications (EDNs).
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide expertise in diabetes care by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families, and carers, staff and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.
To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patients care pathway.
To contribute to review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.
To liaise closely with the health care teams of inpatient wards.
To demonstrate knowledge and experience of diabetes management and clinical leadership skills.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate MFT values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide expertise in diabetes care by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families, and carers, staff and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.
To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patients care pathway.
To contribute to review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.
To liaise closely with the health care teams of inpatient wards.
To demonstrate knowledge and experience of diabetes management and clinical leadership skills.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate MFT values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Adult Registered Nurse
- Diabetes qualification (graduate or post graduate level) supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses (optional)
Desirable
- Mentorship Course (desirable)
- Counselling qualification (desirable)
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in diabetes
- Knowledge and skills in management of type 2 diabetes; insulin dose adjustment, OHA medications, etc
Experience
Essential
- Recent Diabetes care experience at band 6/7 or above
- Proven experience of intensive type 1 diabetes management
- Management experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to care for patients using continuous glucose monitoring
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to care for patients using insulin pumps (desirable)
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Adult Registered Nurse
- Diabetes qualification (graduate or post graduate level) supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses (optional)
Desirable
- Mentorship Course (desirable)
- Counselling qualification (desirable)
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in diabetes
- Knowledge and skills in management of type 2 diabetes; insulin dose adjustment, OHA medications, etc
Experience
Essential
- Recent Diabetes care experience at band 6/7 or above
- Proven experience of intensive type 1 diabetes management
- Management experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to care for patients using continuous glucose monitoring
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Ability to care for patients using insulin pumps (desirable)
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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).
