We are seeking a Children's Diabetes Nurse, either at Band 6 for experienced candidates or a Band 5 development post for those looking to grow into the role.

As a Children's Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will work closely with the multidisciplinary diabetes team to support children and their families in managing diabetes. This includes delivering education, offering guidance on diabetes care, and providing ongoing emotional and clinical support to improve health outcomes. You will be responsible for an assigned caseload, ensuring personalised care for each patient.

Join our dedicated team to make a positive difference in the lives of children and young people with diabetes across West Somerset.

Main duties of the job

Diabetes and technology are moving fast and the vast majority of the tasks for a CYP with diabetes are now performed by smartphones and apps.

We aim to:

*Provide quality clinical care, aiming always for good clinical outcomes

*Provide a quality program of education that is right for each child's developmental stage

*Enable patients to use appropriate technologies for their individual needs, ensuring equal, fair access based on need rather than demographics

*Promote the importance of maintaining emotional as well as physical health, recognising that the wider needs of CYP and families will impact on self-management

*To assist the Lead nurse specialist and the paediatric diabetes team in providing and sustaining a specialist, family-centred, evidence-based service by providing advice, education and support to hospital and community staff and to children with diabetes and their families when in hospital, at home, away from home and at school / nursery.

*To work as part of the children's diabetes team, including consultant paediatricians, children's dietitians, one Lead nurse, children's diabetes specialist nurses, a clinical psychologist, diabetes support worker, Youth Worker and a team administrator.

* Work in collaboration with the adult diabetes care teams to ensure a smooth transition from paediatric to adult care.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stones throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details and further information about the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RSCN / RN Child.
• Diploma in health care related subject.

Desirable

• Graduate or undertaking degree level study. Professional or clinical qualification relevant to the speciality (eg. Children's Diabetes Modules).
• Teaching qualification. Or willingness to undertake study to complete course.
• Community nursing qualification (eg. health visitor, community children's nurse).

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years post registration nursing experience.
• Experience of caring for children with diabetes

Desirable

• Children's community nursing experience.
• Experience of READY/STEADY/GO transition paperwork
• Experience with children with diabetes

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Analytical skills to deal with interpreting complex clinical information to assess clinical skills and act appropriately.
• Ability to communicate in a professional way with people at all levels of understanding, either face to face, over the telephone, email, or written communication, by dealing with incident reports and writing statements.
• Basic computer literacy, basic word processing and email.
• Excellent communication skills, with professionals and children / families of all levels of understanding and using the whole range of methods (face-to-face individually and in groups, e-mail, written communications, telephone, meetings, presentations). Ability to advocate for children.
• Ability to plan / organise and deliver teaching sessions

Desirable

• Experience of mentoring
• Maintain membership of relevant professional bodies and interest groups.
• Ability to plan / organise and deliver teaching sessions.
• Knowledge of clinical audit processes

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5DA

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184-OL-GR-938