Lead Nurse Endocrine/Diabetes

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Lead Diabetes/Endocrine nurse to drive high quality, specialist care across Diabetes, Endocrinology, Rare Diabetes, Metabolic Bone and CEW services for children and families.

The post holder will coordinate nursing teams, lead service development, and deliver education across diverse settings, including clinics, wards and community care, while working with the wider MDT.

Qualifications

• RSCN/RN Child branch with post-registration experience in Diabetes or Endocrine.
• Experience in managing and leading teams or caseloads with a recognised management course.
• Driving licence advantageous but not essential.
• Experience delivering teaching to a wide range of professionals and settings.
• Extensive safeguarding experience is important for leading the specialist team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the nursing teams across Diabetes/Endocrinology footprint in outpatient, wards, community and offices.
• Share responsibility for day-to-day management of Endocrine, Diabetes, Rare Diabetes, Metabolic Bone/OI and CEW services.
• Develop district-wide services for children with endocrine/diabetes disorders in collaboration with the MDT.
• Promote excellence in nursing practice through advanced level care for children and families.

Skills

Team leadership

Teaching/education

Safeguarding

Education

RSCN/RN Child

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, Lead Diabetes/Endocrine nurse to join a well-established specialist nursing service. The service includes Diabetes, Rare Diabetes, Endocrinology, CEW and Metabolic Bone which provide a local and regional service

You will work with the specialist nursing team to lead on the continued high quality and specialist care provided across these services within BWC . You should be clinically up to date in one of the specialties with excellent knowledge of current guidance.

You will need to be a RSCN/RN child branch with proven post registration experience in care of the child and young person with Diabetes or an Endocrine condition. You will also need to have experience of managing and leading teams and /or caseloads alongside a recognised management course. Having experience of working in community and a current driving licence, would be advantageous but not essential. The post is involved in specialist education so experience of delivering teaching to wide range of professionals and settings would be desirable. Extensive safeguarding experience is important as the postholder will need to lead and support the specialist team with complex cases, alongside the Trust safeguarding team.

The post holder will work within the Diabetes/Endocrinology footprint in outpatients, wards and allocated offices, in the community and across the West Midlands.

The post holder will co-ordinate and lead the overall management and the strategic development of the nursing teams and share responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Endocrine, Diabetes, including the Rare Diabetes service, Metabolic Bone/Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) and Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) nursing services.

In conjunction with other members of the diabetes and endocrine multidisciplinary team, will enable the development of district-wide services for children with endocrine/diabetes disorders, families

and professionals, identifying needs and facilitating the implementation of services within agreed local and national standards.

Promote excellence in nursing practice through delivery in an advanced level of nursing care to the child and family.

They will work closely with external stakeholders from health, education, social care, and the public

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.