Diabetes Specialist Nurse - Scunthorpe

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a nurse specialist to deliver specialist diabetes knowledge and care to patients within an integrated service framework across NLAG and partners.

The post holder will be the first point of contact for accessing the specialist service and will undertake procedures, provide expert advice, and offer structured education and ongoing support tailored to individual needs.

Responsibilities

• provide specialist knowledge care to patients
• act as the first point of contact for accessing the specialist service
• undertake specialist procedures
• provide specialist advice
• structured education and ongoing support to their client group
• support the development and implementation of the integrated diabetes service across the NLAG CCG in collaboration with other community providers to improve diabetes care
• responsible for performance, financial and physical resources professional leadership and teaching
• responsible for patient care, safety and clinical quality
• responsible for policy and strategic service development
• responsible for maintaining and sharing knowledge, training and experience

Job description

• As the nurse specialist within the defined sphere of practice the post holder is responsible for providing specialist knowledge care to patients. They will act as the first point of contact who have need to access the specialist service. They will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care including undertaking specialist procedures, providing specialist advice, structured education and ongoing support to their client group, based on individual need.
• The nurse specialist will support the development and implementation of the integrated diabetes service across the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in collaboration with other community providers to improve the quality of diabetes care.

Main duties of the job responsible for performance, financial and physical resources professional leadership and teaching responsible for patient care, safety and clinical quality responsible for policy and strategic service development responsible for maintaining and sharing knowledge, training and experience

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.