Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Job title Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Band: 7

Hours: 37.5

Business unit: Medical Care

Department: Diabetes Centre

Location: Warrington and Halton Hospitals

Responsible to: Lesley Mills

Accountable to: Medical Care

Responsible for supervising: Junior member of the team

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership in the field of diabetes and draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills to develop and deliver high quality service to people with diabetes.

Act as an expert practitioner, overseeing, delegating and supporting care carried out by other members of the diabetes team where required

Assist and facilitate the development of systematic review and appropriate management of all people with diabetes

Work in collaboration with other professionals and users by offering highly specialist advice to develop long term strategy plans

Responsible for managing the staff rota for the group diabetes education sessions.

Work with other members of the diabetes nursing team.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop an innovative high quality service, which enables individualised care to be facilitated and delivered to people with diabetes and their carers/families.

Assist members of the diabetes nursing team in developing knowledge and ideas to promote innovative practice by influencing good evidence based practice.

Responsible for identifying the appropriate level of work and delegating to junior nursing staff working within the diabetes team

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.