Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to join the Sefton Place Community Diabetes Team. The role involves providing expert nursing care, case management, and leadership in a dynamic healthcare environment. Candidates should have extensive knowledge of diabetes, strong leadership skills, and the ability to work autonomously. This opportunity supports the transformation of diabetes services, benefiting patients in the South Sefton area.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge base in diabetes and nursing practices.
• Leadership experience required.
• Ability to work autonomously and lead a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
• Promote excellence in nursing practices within the team.
• Support integration and service transformation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Diabetes knowledge

Case management

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes Team.

The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base in relation to diabetes and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. The post holder is expected to demonstrate leadership values within the team and contribute to the delivery of specialist nursing care, case management and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for self-care and complex management of patient pathways. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse, to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes team as a Clinical Specialist Nurse.

You will be expected to work within Sefton Place the Diabetes Team to provide a service to patients in Southport, Formby and the South Sefton area.

The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. Experience of Leadership/Management is also essential for the role as the post holder will be expected to undertake some leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader. It is essential that they demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, ensuring that they use initiative and work autonomously and that the post holder can lead a team effectively.

As an active member of a team, the post holder is expected to deliver specialist nursing care, case manage and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for self-care and complex management of patient pathway. The Specialist Diabetes Nurse will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and adapt an integrated approach to care delivery and actively support integration and service transformation.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We\'re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.