We have an exciting opportunity to employ a new diabetes specialist nurse.
The successful candidate would work across both hospital (Bournemouth and Poole) sites within our multi-disciplinary team providing care for patients with diabetes.
If the candidate has no experience of working within diabetes, we would consider this being a developmental role, starting first as a band 5, achieving competencies and aiming to move to be a band 6 within 12 months. This would require the successful candidate to be motivated to learn, to be confident with technology and compassionate towards patients.
The job will be initially as part of the inpatient diabetes team, helping to assess and plan care for patients with diabetes in hospital. The candidate will need to be able to work on their own and as part of a wider team.
The Band 6 Diabetes Nurse Specialist works as part of an admission avoidance service, providing inpatient, outpatient and community services for patients with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, transitional diabetes and secondary diabetes.
As a team, we provide highly specialised, expert assessment and review of patients with diabetes. This involves education for patients, relatives, and health care professionals, with emphasis on self-management and optimization of diabetes therapy. Patients are using wearable technology more frequently to help them manage their diabetes and we plan to increase this use over the next few years.
Rota: Rotational weekend working is required.
This role requires an active UK NMC Registration.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, but you will be required to work across sites.
Interview Date: TBC.
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simone Penfold Job title: Diabetes Specialist Nurse Email address: simone.penfold@uhd.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0300 019 4888.
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