Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

The diabetes team is based in the acute hospital trust and consists of a Consultant Diabetes nurse, an advance nurse practitioner, Diabetes specialist nurses working in outpatient clinics and community . We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team including our administration team and the consultant diabetologists providing a Monday to Friday service. We are developing our well established insulin pump service over both hospital sites and are seeking someone with pump experience or willing to develop their knowledge in this area of diabetes management.

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership in the field of diabetes and draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills to develop and deliver high quality service to people with diabetes.

Act as an expert practitioner, overseeing, delegating and supporting care carried out by other members of the diabetes team where required

Work closely with other departmental staff and professionals to facilitate a multidisciplinary framework for the effective delivery of diabetes care.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop an innovative high quality service, which enables individualised care to be facilitated and delivered to people with diabetes and their carers/families.

Responsible for delivering an equitable nurse lead service for people with diabetes in Warrington and Halton.

Be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Make an assessment on complex facts to formulate a care plan, implement and continual evaluate care.

Review patient's medication regime ensuring that patients receive appropriate pharmacotherapy in effective doses. Prescribe changes or initiate medication in accordance with non medical prescribing.

Refer people to relevant practitioners or agencies when this is necessary providing accurate and necessary information consistent with maintaining confidentiality.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.