NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Are you a Diabetes Specialist Nurse seeking a new role?
At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We have developed a new and exciting role to lead in professional support, operational management of the housebound diabetic caseload, and clinical leadership, supporting peers in the District Nursing Service and locality leads.
The post will involve visiting clients at home who are on the District Nursing and Diabetes service caseload to support with education and care planning.
We are looking for an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Nursing Team in Thurrock. Thurrock is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - Diabetes is to develop and sustain relationships and networks with groups, individuals, and agencies within a strategic framework. The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will act as a source of clinical knowledge and expertise to people with diabetes, their carers, health, and other statutory and non-statutory agencies, and to work as part of the Community Diabetes Service, in delivering services as directed.
The post holder will lead in professional support, operational management of the housebound diabetic caseload, and clinical leadership, supporting their peers, District Nursing Service and locality leads. They will have a commitment to transforming nursing services in line with service development.
About us
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122).
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Job responsibilities
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and want to start your journey to becoming a UK-based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
* Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC
* ENB 998
* First Degree or equivalent experience
* Non-Medical Prescribing or working towards
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
* Up to date knowledge of all aspects of diabetes care and broad experience of working within this specialty.
* Understanding of multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice
* Experience of working in a community setting
* Experience of using SystmOne
Skills
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills (including negotiation)
* Demonstrated understanding and empathy relating to the condition of diabetes and the challenges facing the diabetic client
* Ability to plan, organise and work under pressure
* Car Driver
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata plus HCAS
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