Diabetes Specialist NurseinNewportinNewportPUBLISHED SAT 22 MAR 2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse position at the Royal Gwent Hospital to join our dynamic Diabetes Specialist Nursing Team. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join our team. We value personal qualities such as compassion, kindness and the willingness to be flexible in order to meet the needs of the service. We are keen to foster support and provide training opportunities for personal development.

Main duties of the job

• Act as advocate for patients, healthcare staff and the healthcare department.
• To provide professional, clinical, and operational leadership and support to healthcare professionals.
• Responsibility for the formulation and management of clinical action plans.
• Responsibility for clinical audit.
• To provide leadership and support within primary/secondary care with the delivery of diabetes management.
• To maintain and promote accurate record keeping and documentation following national and professional standards and local protocols and policies.
• To collect and input clinical data to clinically based computer systems: to access and utilise all available clinical information to support care planning and patient management.
• To ensure effective and safe medicines management processes are adhered to.
• To support patients with insulin pumps and continuous monitoring technology.
• To plan and provide education for patients with diabetes, to enable them to self-manage their condition.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance, and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
  
  

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualification

Essential criteria

• NMC RN with experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working at outpatient or hospital settings within local health boards or Trust
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Has relevant diabetes modules or equivalent post registration qualifications
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Non Medical prescriber or working towards
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in working at hospital or outpatient settings within local trusts or Health boards
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Has experience in managing patients with diabetes