Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse in Peterborough. You will be responsible for managing patient care, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and improving understanding of diabetes through education and support in the community. This full-time role requires compassion, autonomy, and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a caseload of patients with complex diabetes needs.
• Expertise in evidence-based practice and patient-centered goals.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary care as a key worker.
• Provide education and support to patients and their families.
• Work to ensure safe and effective patient pathways.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Autonomy

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Peterborough Team, working full time 37.5 hours per week. If you possess compassion, empathy, and the ability to work autonomously, this is the opportunity for you.

You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team with the aim of preventing admissions and providing ongoing care for patients with diabetes within the community.

You will also be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with complex diabetes needs, using evidence-based practice and patient-centered goals to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.

The role includes promoting a better understanding of diabetes for patients, their families, carers, and other involved agencies through education, support, and counseling.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Act as a key worker, coordinating multidisciplinary care as appropriate.
2. Provide expert support, advice, and education to raise awareness of the needs of patients with diabetes.
3. Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with access to advice and support from senior colleagues.
4. Work closely with primary and secondary care to ensure a safe and effective patient pathway for all diabetes patients under the community diabetes team.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to improve health and wellbeing, while supporting and empowering individuals to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver NHS services across inpatient, primary, and community settings, including mental and physical health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

We aim to recruit high-caliber candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all community sectors, especially underrepresented groups including disabled people, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ communities.

Note: We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a role without sponsorship availability, your application will be rejected.

For more information about CPFT, visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier than the closing date if sufficient applications are received.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Katherine Tamayo
• Job title: Diabetes Specialist Nurse
• Email: [e-mail]
• Telephone: [phone]