Diabetes Nurse Specialist

NUH; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Diabetes Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated nursing team. The role involves leading diabetes care, education, and pump training, with opportunities to support in DK A management across QMC and City campus. An informal visit to meet the team is strongly advised.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Salary will be pro rata for part-time workers, and we offer development opportunities to turn your role

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current PIN.
• Experience in the diabetes specialty preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver diabetes services across the team including education, pump training, and DKA management.
• Support inpatient areas and the diabetic foot clinic.
• Work cross site between QMC and City campus.

Skills

Registered nurse

Diabetes care

Cross-site collaboration

Tools

Nurse guidelines

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

An exciting opportunity has come about for a band 7 diabetes nurse specialist to join our dedicated nursing team.

An informal visit to meet the team is strongly advised.

Main duties of the job

With our incredibly hard working and experienced team of diabetes nurse specialists our team comprises of band 7s band 6s and some band 5s and HCA's to oversee and deliver the diabetes services to NUH. The different range of job roles within the diabetes team is vast: From patient and staff education, to supporting newly diagnosed diabetic patients, pump training, DKA management and specialist advise to inpatient areas to also supporting the diabetic foot clinic at Dundee house.

These posts will require the successful candidates to work cross site between QMC and City campus.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With your experience of managing patients with diabetes you will be an experienced registered nurse with the foundations to develop and drive the services forward. You will be a forward thinking dynamic individual who strikes to deliver the best possible service for our patients. No two days are the same and you will be working within a supportive environment with different members of the MDT teams such as specialist doctors, dieticians, phycologists and unregistered staff.

Person specification

Knowledge

• registered nurse with current pin number
• experience in role

Experience

• Able to present and receive relevant clinical information to a multi- professional audience.
• Experience of autonomous history taking, diagnosis, referral and discharge.

training

• Currently working within the specialty

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.

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If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Clare Mayfield Job title Head of Nursing Email address [e-mail] Additional information

Diabetic Lead Nurse Specialist Sylvia Miles

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