Clinical Nurse Specialist - Paediatric Diabetes

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

Following the promotion of our paediatric diabetes specialist nurse,an exciting opportunity has arisen to join a team of motivated and dynamic children's diabetes service. The successful candidate will be working in an award-winning team. The post requires continued collaboration with the acute and community paediatric leads within North Middlesex Hospital and across North Central London.

We are seeking an experienced children's nurse, with experience in acute and community, children or neonatal services practicing at band 6 level or above. The team that you will work with you is talented, motivated, and expanding with several exciting new roles concurrently advertised. We are looking for a candidate who will be visible, patient and staff focused to work within this excellent team.

This is the perfect role for an nurse who wishes to pursue a CNS role in diabetes.' For internal applications this post could be considered as a secondment with your direct line manager support.

Main duties of the job

The Diabetic Nurse Specialist and will act as a Lead and role model providing expertise in the area of paediatric diabetes. They will provide specialist care to individual patients or patient groups as a component of the patients wider care management and in collaboration with the wider multi-professional healthcare team.

The Diabetic Nurse Specialist should be educated to first degree level in a health related subject and have completed appropriate post registration education development within paediatric diabetes. The individual must also have a Masters/or working towards the award.

About us

The Paediatric Diabetes team is a multidisciplinary service consisting of consultant staffing, Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist Support, Diabetes Dietitian support, Registered Nursing Associate, admin service support, and input from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Paediatric Liaison Team (CAPPLT) providing a comprehensive service to all patients with diabetes, whether this be newly diagnosed, or maintaining their health following a diagnosis.

The service operates Monday - Friday and provides Outpatient, Psychotherapy, Psychology, and ambulating services to all patients within the cohort, as well as providing support to external stakeholders such as local GP practices and schools, and the service works in tandem with other Diabetes team within hospitals in the North Central London area.

The team also provide out of hours telephone 'on-call' support on a rostered basis.

Date posted

01 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs (pro-rata if LTFT)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

393-NMUH-1362

Job locations

North Middlesex University Hospital

Sterling Way

London

N18 1QX


Job description

Job responsibilities

A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Nursing or Relevant professional knowledge acquired through a degree, relevant to the specialty supported by specialist training, experience, or short courses to master's level equivalent
  • Evidence of continuing Professional development.

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work with complex facts which require analysis, interpretation and to present findings
  • The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
  • Ability to manage high level projects across a range of disciplines and to influence others without having direct authority.
  • Excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex information in an easily understandable format.

Experience

Essential

  • Practicing Paediatric Nurse or AHP on register with significant experience at a senior level.
  • Experience in managing highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information to include analysis of data and reporting on same.

Trust Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • BSc in Nursing or Relevant professional knowledge acquired through a degree, relevant to the specialty supported by specialist training, experience, or short courses to master's level equivalent
  • Evidence of continuing Professional development.

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to work with complex facts which require analysis, interpretation and to present findings
  • The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
  • Ability to manage high level projects across a range of disciplines and to influence others without having direct authority.
  • Excellent presentation skills with ability to present complex information in an easily understandable format.

Experience

Essential

  • Practicing Paediatric Nurse or AHP on register with significant experience at a senior level.
  • Experience in managing highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information to include analysis of data and reporting on same.

Trust Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

North Middlesex University Hospital

Sterling Way

London

N18 1QX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

North Middlesex University Hospital

Sterling Way

London

N18 1QX


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron - Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialists

Anne Biggs

annebiggs@nhs.net

02088873301

Date posted

01 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs (pro-rata if LTFT)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

393-NMUH-1362

Job locations

North Middlesex University Hospital

Sterling Way

London

N18 1QX


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