Senior Children's Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in the UK is seeking an experienced professional to care for children with diabetes. The ideal candidate will have the relevant NMC registration, significant clinical experience, and strong communication skills. This role involves managing a caseload and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must demonstrate ongoing professional development and adaptability to meet service demands.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of caring for children and young people with Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes.
• Evidence of ongoing professional self-development.
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Manage the caseload of children with diabetes.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide complex information to patients and their families.

Skills

Professional Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

RSCN/RN (child) and current NMC Registration

Children & Young people's diabetes care module

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for further details regarding the main duties and responsibilities of the job

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RSCN/RN (child) and current NMC Registration
• Children & Young people's diabetes care module or equivalent qualification
• Teaching and Assessing qualification/mentorship course
• Current practice assessor and supervisor on the live database
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to undertake this

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification
• Masters degree or equivalent
• Counselling qualification

Application completion

Essential criteria

• ALL sections of application form FULLY completed

Knowledge, training * experience

Essential criteria

• Professional Clinical knowledge acquired through significant experience at Band 6 or above
• Significant experience of caring for children and young people with Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes
• Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
• Evidence of having worked collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Understanding of professional and current issues in children's health care including local and national guidance
• Evidence of ongoing professional self-development
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Proven ability to coordinate and delegate workload appropriately
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Desirable criteria

• Experience of involvement in service development
• Experience of participation in research and audit
• Experience of delivering presentations to a wide range of audiences
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience of managing conflict

Communication & interpersonal skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to build credibility quickly and sustain it this within the organisation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to deal with telephone enquiries from staff, patients and carers using judgment to respond or refer to appropriate personnel
• Ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers with different levels of understanding
• Ability to interact directly with patients who may recently have being diagnosed with a serious chronic condition and their family members
• Able to deliver and receive complex/ highly sensitive information from consultants, other medical staff and health professionals
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
• Demonstrates the ability to make sound judgements and generate new ideas in complex situations
• Ability to use IT systems and software to collect/manage data and create reports

Desirable criteria

• Assertively engage young people and families and carers
• Demonstrates leadership ability

Special attributes and other

Essential criteria

• Accepts guidance and supervision form senior colleagues
• Personal and professional appearance and credibility
• Ability to lead and motivate others
• Ability to prioritise own workload to work inside clinical targets and deadlines
• Conscientious, honest, reliable and a good timekeeper
• Full driving licence with access to a car
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 464.4KB)