Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Are you an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and implement new and innovative ways to deliver diabetes care?

We are looking to recruit a skilled and dynamic team member to join the diabetes nursing team at London North West University Hospital NHS Trust.

Due to an expansion of the team and implementation of new ways of working to include virtual wards we have this great opportunity.

Main duties of the job

To act as a role model and expert practitioner in relation to diabetes within the inpatient, outpatient, and virtual ward setting.

To have lead nursing responsibility for a caseload of patients with diabetes.

To co-ordinate all aspects of nursing care and support for people living with diabetes in their social, emotional and health needs, referring to appropriate professionals and services where necessary.

Act as an advocate for the patient through effective support and information enabling them to make choices and decisions concerning treatment.

To act as a resource to people living with diabetes and for other professionals caring for them.

To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.