Job summary
MEDICINE AND EMERGENCY CARE DIVISION,
LEAD DIABETES CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
Full time: 37.5 hours per week
SALARY RANGE: £45,753 £51,668 per annum
(Band 8a)
We are looking for a high skilled, motivated, enthusiastic and a compassionate leader to join the team. The post holder will provide enhanced management skills to lead the team. They will provide support for senior nursing staff in relation to staff development, complaints and lead and guide both nursing and medical staff in the appropriate and timely care of patients.
The highly qualified post holder will be able to act as a resource providing advice, support and guidance to all members of the healthcare team both within the directorate and Trust wide. The post holder will be an agent for change, monitoring and evaluating practices
Main duties of the job
The Diabetes department at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a transformational clinic setting that cares for both Outpatients and Inpatients. You will be a great team player who is willing to work collaboratively with the existing team to deliver the best care possible for our patients. The department currently provides the following services:
- An inpatient service between 09:00 17:00 five days per week
- Telephone and follow up clinics for outpatients
- DSN Clinics
- Young Adult Clinic (YAC)
- Complex clinics
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) clinics
- Freestyle Libre (FSL) service
- Dexcom CGM clinics
- Insulin Pump clinics
- Diabetes clinics (Cons / SpR led) Nurse cover
- Antenatal
- Foot clinic
About us
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated Good by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a busy and exciting acute Hospital which provides a full range of acute adult services, together with 24 hour accident and emergency care, specialist childrens services and a new state of the art cancer care centre. Uniquely Chesterfield Royal has a primary care division where we provide GP services to more than 30,000 patients in 5 locations across Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Chesterfield Royal Hospital is a busy and exciting acute Hospital which provides a full range of acute adult services, together with 24 hour accident and emergency care, specialist childrens services and a new state of the art cancer care centre. Uniquely Chesterfield Royal has a primary care division where we provide GP services to more than 30,000 patients in 5 locations across Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
Please see Job description in attachments
Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter: @hrcrhft @WellbeingCRH @royalhospital
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's degree or equivalent experience
- 1st level RGN
- Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification (or willing to work towards)
- Leadership qualification
- Advance communication course/qualification - ENB 998 or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to area of expertise
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience, (within the last 6 years) of working at a senior level within diabetes care Band 7 or above.
- Proven managerial skills at a senior level within a diabetes environment.
- Evidence of personal achievement at work.
- Demonstration of continuous quality improvement.
- Leadership and management experience
- Change management
- Previous experience of working as a CNS
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in managing change at service level within an health provider setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate difficult, complex, and contentious information to a variety of audiences that is clear, comprehensive, and easy to understand for all audiences
- Clinical credibility, expert clinical skills in all key areas
- Experience in advanced diabetes care
- Ante Natal care, Insulin pump therapy, CGMS
- IT skills, including email, excel spread sheets
- Advanced communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Staff development and empowerment
- Demonstrates a transformational and coaching leadership style
- Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of legislative and health care policies and frameworks
- High level of resilience
- Significant theoretical study at Post Registration level
- Sound negotiation skills, with the ability to deal with difficult or challenging situations
- Ability to deliver educational sessions to nurses and other disciplines
- Presentation skills
- Computer literacy
- Lead audit programme and subsequent improvements
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Risk management awareness
Desirable
- Evidence of publication
- Led research project
- Report writing
- Developed an educational programme
- Coaching and facilitating skills
- NHSLA standards
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Adaptable to meet service needs
- Professional appearance
- Professional approach
- Positive attitude, self-motivated
- Ability to work under pressure, organise own workload and prioritise
- Innovative and dynamic
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment - proud to CARE
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master's degree or equivalent experience
- 1st level RGN
- Non-medical nurse prescriber qualification (or willing to work towards)
- Leadership qualification
- Advance communication course/qualification - ENB 998 or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to area of expertise
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience, (within the last 6 years) of working at a senior level within diabetes care Band 7 or above.
- Proven managerial skills at a senior level within a diabetes environment.
- Evidence of personal achievement at work.
- Demonstration of continuous quality improvement.
- Leadership and management experience
- Change management
- Previous experience of working as a CNS
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience in managing change at service level within an health provider setting
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate difficult, complex, and contentious information to a variety of audiences that is clear, comprehensive, and easy to understand for all audiences
- Clinical credibility, expert clinical skills in all key areas
- Experience in advanced diabetes care
- Ante Natal care, Insulin pump therapy, CGMS
- IT skills, including email, excel spread sheets
- Advanced communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
- Influencing and negotiating skills
- Staff development and empowerment
- Demonstrates a transformational and coaching leadership style
- Ability to manage conflicting and complex issues
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Knowledge of legislative and health care policies and frameworks
- High level of resilience
- Significant theoretical study at Post Registration level
- Sound negotiation skills, with the ability to deal with difficult or challenging situations
- Ability to deliver educational sessions to nurses and other disciplines
- Presentation skills
- Computer literacy
- Lead audit programme and subsequent improvements
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Risk management awareness
Desirable
- Evidence of publication
- Led research project
- Report writing
- Developed an educational programme
- Coaching and facilitating skills
- NHSLA standards
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Adaptable to meet service needs
- Professional appearance
- Professional approach
- Positive attitude, self-motivated
- Ability to work under pressure, organise own workload and prioritise
- Innovative and dynamic
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment - proud to CARE
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
