An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, highly motived and enthusiastic Diabetes Nurse to join our small dedicated diabetes team to deliver specialist advice, education, and services at Airedale General Hospital.

The team comprises of Diabetologists/Endocrinologists, Diabetes Nurse Specialists, Podiatrists and Dieticians.

We have been successful in our transformation and integration with the community diabetes nursing specialist team to enhance the service we deliver to our patients.

You must have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate the knowledge, experience and motivation to care for the patient living with diabetes.

The successful candidate will be able to provide direct expert diabetes nursing care for both inpatients and outpatients.

The successful candidate will also utilise desirable advanced nursing practice skills and knowledge, in particular, nurse prescribing to meet the highly complex diabetes needs of patients who will be accessing the hospital specialist diabetes services.

Main duties of the job

Provide direct expert diabetes nursing care for outpatients and within Primary care-based clinic settings accessing specialist diabetes care from the Hospital Trust

Utilise advanced nursing skills and knowledge, in particular nurse prescribing to meet the needs of patients accessing the diabetes service.

Through clinical supervision and professional development review and maintain own levels of clinical competence and expertise

Using advanced clinical skills comprehensive and holistic patient assessments to inform diagnosis and treatment in patients with an existing diabetes or gestational diabetes diagnosis.

Collaboratively work with patients, carers, multidisciplinary team members, other healthcare professionals' and agencies to ensure individual diabetes needs are met.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and relatives/carers.

Maintain accurate and concise electronic patient records.

Act as a patient advocate appropriately to support and promote their participation in decision making.

Work ethically and legally within the NMC code of Conduct and Practice.

There will be an expectation to support a weekend rota for service delivery, the current hours are Saturday working 8:30am - 16:30pm approximately once a month.

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 1 Registered Nurse
• Relevant post qualification study at Master level
• Willing to undertake non-medical prescribing qualification
• Teaching/assessor/mentor qualification

Desirable

• Non-medial prescriber
• X-pert educator
• DAFNE educator
• Insulin pump university module

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse
• Ability to work independently and autonomously
• Practice within guidelines and protocols to ensure deliver of high quality diabetes care
• Participation in clinical audit

Desirable

• Diabetes inpatient experience
• Experience delivering diabetes pre-conceptual and antenatal care

Employer details

Employer name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Airedale General Hospital

Steeton

BD20 6TD

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423-6631070