Are you looking for a new role?
We are seeking a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team on a part time, permanent basis. The role involves managing complex diabetic cases, providing education and promoting self-management to improve patient outcomes. Working closely with the wider primary care team, the Diabetic Specialist Nurse will ensure that high-quality, evidence-based care is delivered, following best practices in diabetes management.
This is an excellent opportunity for a local Practice Nurse who has a specialist interest in Diabetes Management and is committed to providing high-quality care in a primary care setting.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- Postgraduate certification or diploma in Diabetes Care
- Extensive experience in managing diabetes care, including complex cases such as insulin initiating and adjustment
- Strong understanding of diabetes pathophysiology, treatment options, and lifestyle interventions for managing the condition
- Excellent communication skills to educate and support patients, families and other healthcare professionals
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in primary care or community settings.
Desirable
- Mentor/ teaching qualification. Experience of teaching or mentoring
- Independent and/or supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
Is it for me?
We will make sure you are fully inducted and trained. It’s important to us that you feel safe and supported in your role.
- You’ll need to be a registered nurse, with an interest in Diabetes
- You’d be suited to this role if you have a caring and empathetic nature
- It’s important that you can work well as part of a team as well as independently
- You’ll need to be able to pick up new IT systems with supportive training
What we can offer you:
- Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard
- A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that ‘get it’
- Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and ‘no wait’ responses
- A commitment to personal development, training and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service cover
- Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
- Blue light card employer – Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street
Interested? Have questions? Just wondering? Get in touch with our Clinical Services Manager – Penny Sibthorp penny.sibthorp@nhs.net - we’d love to hear from you.