Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Job summary

An exciting post has become available within the Paediatric Diabetes Team for a highly motivated, experienced paediatric nurse with a passion and interest in paediatric diabetes at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

We are based in Salisbury District Hospital and support families living in parts of Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire. We have a growing number of children and young people on our case load using both injection and insulin pump therapy.

The successful candidate will join an established, extremely driven team who will support them to develop their own skills.

The successful applicant will need to be a children's nurse with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience as well as enthusiasm and commitment to paediatric diabetes. We are happy to accept applications from paediatric nurses without a specific diabetes qualification who are keen to join our team while they undertake further relevant formal training to consolidate their skills.

For further details or to arrange and informal visit please contact Laura Horne email : laura.horne@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

• In conjunction with other members of the Paediatric Diabetes Team, co-ordinate care for children and young people with diabetes and their families, assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of holistic care and providing specialist clinical advice to health care professionals and others.
• To provide education and support for children and young people with diabetes and their families in both the acute and community setting.
• To ensure that all children, young people, and their families receive a comprehensive, holistic, and developmental approach to family centred diabetes education and management.
• To work effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to meet the outcomes of care which are required for the Best Practice Tariff.
• To support in the delivery of care to children and young people with cystic fibrosis related diabetes

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk