Job summary
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
A unique opportunity to join the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Team at MTW . We are looking for an enthusiastic Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our growing team. An individual who is dynamic and motivated to make a difference.
If you are keen to expand on your experience and knowledge within diabetes in a supportive environment we maybe the team for you.
Main duties of the job
Diabetes is a challenging environment, continually changing and adapting especially in the current global climate, we require someone with the skills and qualities to be able to be flexible to these changes to provide the highest quality of care to our patients.
We are focused on continual improvements to the standard and quality of diabetes care. The role will help the team achieve our quality goals. The successful candidate will have experience within Diabetes, with the ability to work independently to evidence based guidelines. Experience of inpatient diabetes, diabetes education delivery, nurse led clinics or clinical audits with outcomes in service improvements would be an advantage.
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trusts core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated.We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients.We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment.We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff.We have 78nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients.We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at enhanced level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated.We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients.We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment.We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff.We have 78nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients.We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- oExcellent oral and written communication skills.
- oHave awareness of own limitations and when to seek advice from senior members of the team
- ooExcellent interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Effective presentation skills
- oHas initiative and enthusiasm
- oAbility to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers with different levels of understanding
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 NMC Adult Registered Nurse
- Diabetes Course (Degree, Diploma or Certificate) (If candidate has undertaken a diabetes secondment this will be accepted in replace of a diabetes course)
Desirable
- Diabetes Diploma/Certificate
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake
- Counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
- Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/ Willingness to undertake.
- Experience of managing diabetes in specialist clinics (renal, pregnancy / gestational/pump, YAC)
Experience amd Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience.
- Knowledge of diabetes from minimum 3 months DSN experience or transferable practical diabetes knowledge (i.e. practice nursing)
Desirable
- Experience with implementing change.
- Willingness to learn and acquire skills, training to meet needs of service.
- Willingness to develop using the Trend Career competency document.
Person Specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- oExcellent oral and written communication skills.
- oHave awareness of own limitations and when to seek advice from senior members of the team
- ooExcellent interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Effective presentation skills
- oHas initiative and enthusiasm
- oAbility to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers with different levels of understanding
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 1 NMC Adult Registered Nurse
- Diabetes Course (Degree, Diploma or Certificate) (If candidate has undertaken a diabetes secondment this will be accepted in replace of a diabetes course)
Desirable
- Diabetes Diploma/Certificate
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake
- Counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
- Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/ Willingness to undertake.
- Experience of managing diabetes in specialist clinics (renal, pregnancy / gestational/pump, YAC)
Experience amd Knowledge
Essential
- Minimum 3 years post registration experience.
- Knowledge of diabetes from minimum 3 months DSN experience or transferable practical diabetes knowledge (i.e. practice nursing)
Desirable
- Experience with implementing change.
- Willingness to learn and acquire skills, training to meet needs of service.
- Willingness to develop using the Trend Career competency document.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
