Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic registered Children's Nurse to work within the Nottingham Children's Hospital Diabetes Team as a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse.

The Nottingham Children's Hospital looks after around 450 children and young people with diabetes. Approximately 70% of our patients are on insulin pumps, CGM and a variety of Hybrid Closed Loop Systems. We are nationally recognised and continue to achieve some of the best diabetes outcomes in the country.

Excellent team working, effective communication, being highly organised and motivated, in addition to previous experience in caring for children and young people with diabetes is desirable. The post holder will have post registration experience working with children in hospital, outpatients and/or community settings.

The new post holder will be trained and supported in learning about complex technology used in CYP with Type 1 Diabetes to enable them to hold a caseload of patients and manage their care in a variety of settings, give emergency advice and contribute to training other healthcare and educational professionals.

You will be hospital based with a responsibility to see children and young people in inpatient and outpatient settings, liaise with families at home and provide education to school and nurseries.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the summary above you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.

You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality clinical care and the support and development of others. You will be an effective team player but also be able to plan and organise your own workload, possess excellent communication skills and an ability to teach families, schools and health professionals. You will work as part of a dynamic and forward thinking multi-professional team, offering key opportunities to develop your career as a nurse specialist within this rapidly expanding service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as a specialist nurse within an established multi-professional team.

You will be hospital based supporting inpatient care, providing education and support for families. You will also support multi-professional clinics as well as seeing patients independently in nurse clinics.

You will provide clinical advice and support to families and schools to try and prevent deterioration in illness and reduce hospital admissions. You will provide education and support to nursery and school staff to enable children and young people to return to their usual routines.

You will be involved with starting patients on new technologies and providing patients and families with ongoing education and support to reduce the risk of short and long-term complications.

You will be required to undertake community visits and, therefore, will require a full UK driving licence and access to a car.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.