We have an exciting opportunity to join the children's diabetes team. This post is for maternity cover but will allow you to extend your knowledge and skills in a fascinating developing area of medicine.
The Children’s Hospital has a well established specialist nursing team who provide quality care to children and their families within the Children’s Hospital and in the child’s home and school environment.
Our specialist nurses provide a wide range of services including nurse led initiatives, family support and nursing care, and act as a resource and educator for families, schools and other professionals.
All Specialist Nurses work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure best outcomes for children with chronic conditions. You will need excellent communication skills to enable you to effectively engage in face to face consultations as well as telephone advice for both families and professionals.
• You will contribute to the day to day clinical care of children and their families who have diabetes and support existing practices such as nurse led and multi-disciplinary clinics, transitional care and education programmes.
• You will have the vision to further develop services to improve the care for children and young people within the specialist team.
• You will be responsible for developing and delivering teaching packages to all staff within the Children's Hospital.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
• To provide specialist nursing support ensuring the quality of care provision to children who access the service using unit protocols and trust policies and guidelines.
• To work with the MDT to provide patient focused services and to initiate different forms of treatment for children and their families in a variety of settings.
• To work with the multi professional team within Diabetes services.
• To provide specialist education, training and information to children and families.
• To work with the MDT to monitor patient condition.
• To be responsible for nursing practice development.
• Manage a delegated caseload of patients, as appropriate within the speciality, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across the whole spectrum of the service.
• Demonstrate in depth specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in the specialist area, ensuring the delivery of appropriate evidence based care.
please see job description/person specification for further details on the role
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025