Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust has an exciting opening in the Diabetes Team.

The Diabetes team is dynamic and forward thinking and have recently expanded to provide an integrated diabetes service for East Suffolk. The team has won several awards including the Quality in Diabetes Care award on 2 occasions and the HSJ award.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team. You will be based at the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre working as part of this multidisciplinary team, participating in the delivery of integrated diabetes care for people with diabetes across East Suffolk.

Main duties of the job

This post is mainly based in the in-patient setting with close working relationships with our out-patient and community based nursing team colleagues. We offer secondary care services to patients with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as covering specialist areas of Diabetes in pregnancy, Diabetes related renal disease and also have a substantial amount of patients using insulin pump therapy. The in-patient nurses will therefore need to have a working knowledge of the acute management of diabetes in all the specialist areas involved.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join us. If you are passionate about delivering high standard care and have proven leadership and clinical skills please consider applying for this position.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

16 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year Starting salary from £33,706 per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2459-22

Job locations

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven post registration experience
oProven experience at Band 5
oExperience of developing, training and education in clinical practice
oExperience in multidisciplinary working

Desirable

oExperience of implementing Service Improvement
oEvidence of audit experience

Qualifications

Essential

oEvidence of academic pathway towards a degree
oDemonstration of personal and professional development

Desirable

oA recognised Diabetes Course
oPreparing for mentorship course

Knowledge

Essential

oAble to demonstrate a wide knowledge of current trends in nursing and application to practice

Desirable

oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical; effectiveness

Personal Skills

Essential

oEvidence of excellent organisational skills
oGood verbal and written skills
oAdvanced problem solving skills
oSelf motivating and able to work unsupervised

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

oProven post registration experience
oProven experience at Band 5
oExperience of developing, training and education in clinical practice
oExperience in multidisciplinary working

Desirable

oExperience of implementing Service Improvement
oEvidence of audit experience

Qualifications

Essential

oEvidence of academic pathway towards a degree
oDemonstration of personal and professional development

Desirable

oA recognised Diabetes Course
oPreparing for mentorship course

Knowledge

Essential

oAble to demonstrate a wide knowledge of current trends in nursing and application to practice

Desirable

oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical; effectiveness

Personal Skills

Essential

oEvidence of excellent organisational skills
oGood verbal and written skills
oAdvanced problem solving skills
oSelf motivating and able to work unsupervised

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.