University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
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Role Purpose
The purpose of the specialist nurse position is to play a key role in ensuring that the Trust provides high quality, patient focused care within the specialist diabetes service; providing expert advice and support to patients, families and health care professionals in line with current evidence based practice.
Key Responsibilities
- Supported by more experienced nurses to develop a level of competence to work autonomously in providing specialist diabetes care.
- Support the CNS’s in the management of inpatients with diabetes at UHNM.
- Responsible for managing their own caseload in the outpatient / Community setting and supporting MDT clinics, seeking advice and supervision from the established diabetes team where appropriate.
- Develop specialist knowledge and skills through work based learning and development.
- Support the CNS’s in providing an evidence-based specialist diabetes nursing service which reflects current local and national guidelines.
- Be accountable for their safe, effective clinical practice and to comply with the statutory NMC requirements.
- Provide education and support to patients and their carers to facilitate self-management.
- Provide assessment and evaluation of inpatient care needs and offer advice and support to ward based staff managing the inpatient with diabetes.
- Support out-patient/ community services, MDT and nurse led clinics.
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About Us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
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UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Tamsin Fletcher-Salt
- Job title: Lead DSN UHNM
- Email address: tamsin.fletcher-salt@uhnm.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01782679770
Tamsin Fletcher-Salt
Diabetes & Endocrine Team Leader
Tel: 01782 679770
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