Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cross City
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part-time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 06/11/2024
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Are you an experienced nurse with a desire to further your considerable diabetes inpatient knowledge to develop advanced specialist skills in diabetes?
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to undertake the above role, 1x community post (34 hours) and 2x inpatient services (1x37.5 hours and 1x28.5 hours).
The post is suitable for those wishing to develop their career as a lead Specialist Nurse. It is a unique opportunity to gain experience in all the services the diabetes team provides.
You will provide clinical support and advice to improve the care and management of patients within secondary and primary care.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work within an established team of Diabetes Nurse Specialists and as part of a wider multidisciplinary diabetes team within STH to deliver high-quality diabetes care.
They will provide clinical nursing advice, education, and leadership within the specialty working with a high degree of personal autonomy. Optimal care will be delivered throughout all aspects of the patient care pathway. Therefore, an ability to communicate with a wide range of people across different disciplines in both the hospital and community environment is essential.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (valid with NMC)
* Post grad diploma level (academic level 6)
* To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* PgCert
* Relevant Diabetes courses or willingness to undertake
Experience
* Evidence of personal and professional development
* Ability to work autonomously
* An understanding of outpatients
* Evidence of management experience
Further Training
* Commitment to continuous personal development.
* Successful completion of clinical and management training
* Excellent effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Excellent leadership skills
* Commitment to work within the Clinical Governance Framework
* Ability to successfully manage and evaluate change
Other factors
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the system
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
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.
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