Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Community Adult Diabetes Specialist Service - Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust – Madeley, District of Telford and Wrekin
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Adult Diabetes Specialist Service in the Telford and Wrekin area of the county in the provision of care in the community.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join a dedicated, supportive and inclusive team to work in our busy, professional and dynamic service. You should possess commitment to autonomous practice, interdisciplinary team working, structured education, and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community Diabetes Specialist Nursing, as well as a desire for ongoing professional development.
Ability to travel independently to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
* To have a clear understanding of the vision of the Trust and be able to translate this into a local context for operational implementation within the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service within your defined locality area.
* To assist the Service Manager in promoting the vision and contributing to the establishment of an ethos of modern, customer-oriented services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user delivery in Locality setting.
* To work with the Diabetes Specialist Nurses & Service Manager and other team leaders/managers within the county to proactively support the development and redesign of care pathways embracing the concept of care closer to home and expanding/enhancing multi-disciplinary/multi-agency working for people with diabetes.
* To assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with complex needs for their Diabetes management.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting, and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
#J-18808-Ljbffr