Senior Diabetes Nurse Specialist

The Diabetes Times; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service is seeking an enthusiastic Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) to enhance patient care across multiple facilities. This role offers the chance to develop leadership and clinical skills while providing essential support for both inpatients and outpatients during their diabetes care journey.

Qualifications

• Established DSN with clinical experience.
• Ability to work in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Willingness to develop leadership and clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Providing comprehensive support for patients with diabetes.
• Delivering antenatal, technology, DAFNE, and transition services.
• Liaising with stakeholders for patient care.

Skills

Understanding of diabetes care

Clinical skills

Leadership skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated DSN who is already established as a DSN and is eager to develop their clinical and leadership skills. This position offers the opportunity to further develop the service within a supportive and dynamic team across four hospital sites.

Your understanding of people with diabetes and their needs is crucial in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Your role in enabling the support of diabetes care across inpatient and outpatient settings, while liaising with other stakeholders, is vital and greatly valued, both in person and remotely.

Main duties of the job

The service provides comprehensive support for outpatients and inpatients. The main services delivered include an antenatal service, a technology service that encompasses insulin pumps and CGM, Hybrid Closed Loop technology, consultations (both face-to-face and remote), DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating), transition services, and a Young Adult service, with more innovations planned. The inpatient service plays a key role in prioritising support in the ED/Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) and the Ambulatory Assessment Unit (AAU), as well as facilitating discharges to support the operational and clinical needs of the trust. You will receive the necessary support and training to further develop your skills.