Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

The Diabetes Service for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic Diabetes Specialist Nurse, to work alongside our clinical and administrative team to provide multi aspects of Diabetes patient care.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our progressive and friendly Diabetes

team.

The successful applicant must have prior experience in caring for people with diabetes. You must be self-motivating, organised, computer literate and able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with a commitment to continued personal development.

The successful candidate would be expected to work within the team of diabetes specialist nurses providing care for in-patients and outpatients

You will be joining our well-established and expanding team, which offers a range of diabetes specialist services including Continuous Glucose Monitoring, insulin pump services, structured education courses (BERTIE), MDT foot services, Young Person clinics and diabetes antenatal clinics.

Our team consists of diabetes specialist nurses, diabetes specialist dietitians, the specialist psychologist, diabetes podiatrists and diabetes consultants.

You will be working closely with the community diabetes services.

The diabetes in-patient service continues to expand in line with the increasing number of people with diabetes.

An interest in inpatient diabetes care and management is essential for this post. with diabetes. The role will also include delivering education sessions to ward nurses and health care assistants and liaising with the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely and safe discharge for patients with diabetes.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.