Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
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Band 7
30 hours
Permanent
Do you have a passion for Diabetes and would you like to work as part of an Integrated Diabetes Service? If the answer is yes, then we have an exciting opportunity to bring your skills and expertise to help improve Diabetes Management for all people living in the Tameside and Glossop area.
About the Role
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse with extensive post-registration experience to join the Integrated Diabetes Service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate experience of managing Diabetes as a primary condition with a sound underpinning clinical knowledge of Diabetes management and related therapies.
- The service covers both Acute and Primary sites and involves working in a variety of settings, affording the successful candidate opportunities to work with a range of patient groups.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner providing a high quality, efficient, and effective clinical service, delivering high standards of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and highly specialist expert advice to patients with Diabetes and their carers.
- To lead, develop, contribute to, and influence strategies within the host Trust, regionally, and nationally to enable partnership development across Diabetes services.
- Contributes to the provision of specialist nursing for Diabetes patients, practicing within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Work collaboratively with partner Clinical Commissioning Groups (Integrated Care Services) to deliver education, training, and raising awareness to General Practitioners, Acute, and Primary Care personnel.
- Improve the quality of care for patients and manage their own patient caseload with consultant supervision.
- Responsible for providing advice, education, and support to Diabetes patients, their carers, and other healthcare professionals.
- Deliver Integrated hospital/community specialist advice and support to patients, carers, and other professionals about Diabetes.
- To work autonomously in the assessment and development of clinical management plans and communicate recommendations verbally and in writing to Consultants, GPs, and other health professionals.
- In collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues within TGICFT and the community to take specific responsibility for the development of pathways of care and service redesign.
- To lead the development of nurse-led treatment and follow-up clinics for patients that require active follow-up.
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About Us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
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Our Values:
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
Name: Leigh Braithwaite
Job title: Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Email address: leigh.braithwaite@tgh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 912 4888
Rachel Stott
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Phone: 0161 922 4888 option 2
Email: rachel.stott@tgh.nhs.uk
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