Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join the North Hampshire Community Diabetes team within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Specialist team works to improve diabetes care in the North Hampshire community by working closely with primary care providers.

The successful candidate will work with the GP practices and the Integrated Care Teams within the North Hampshire system, providing leadership, a high level of clinical expertise in diabetes, innovation and implementation of support, education, and training of health care professionals. Alongside local DSN support, the post holder will be additionally supported by the consultant-led West Hampshire Community Diabetes team and work collaboratively with the ICS Diabetes and Medicines Management team in the continued development of the new Integrated Diabetes Service.

Main duties of the job

You will have a clear understanding of the challenges faced by Primary, Community, and Secondary care in diabetes. Alongside support of the local community care teams, you will work with the GPs and Practice Nurses to improve treatment to target rates, reduce admissions to secondary care, improve attendance at structured education, reduce variability of process and outcomes and drive innovation. The post is not case holding but will support primary care clinics and community care teams in a shares care approach which will include patient consultations. You will work with the diabetes leads within the ICS to develop and organise education events for people with diabetes.

There will be a requirement to be flexible, working in a range of settings and the ability to be forward thinking and cope with change. Ability to travel independently across the geography to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Experience with online diabetes and/or primary care notes systems (EMIS, RIO) and other clinical packages e.g. ICE, would be an advantage but not essential as all training can be provided.

For an informal visit and to find out more please e-mail our Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Margaret Stubbs (margaret.stubbs@southernhealth.nhs.uk.) or Sherri Johnston (sherri.johnston@southernhealth.nhs.uk)

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Bullspen

Manor Court, Herriard

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2PH

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Bullspen

Manor Court, Herriard

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2PH

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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