Diabetes Specialist NurseinHerefordinHerefordPUBLISHED TUE 10 DEC 2024
Band 5: £29,970 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata
PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
CASELOAD HOLISTIC MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NHS
Wye Valley NHS TrustrwUvmkuo
Opportunity for professional development with tailored induction and support for gaining diabetes specialist competencies.
Work within a dynamic and multidisciplinary team, gaining diverse experiences across both primary and secondary care settings.
Ability to make a significant impact on patients' lives by providing high-quality, individualised diabetes care and education.
Flexibility with a part-time schedule of 28 hours per week, promoting work-life balance.
Engage in collaborative practices and shared decision-making with patients, their families, and fellow healthcare professionals.
Exposure to advanced diabetes management technologies, enhancing clinical skills and knowledge.
Participation in engaging community outreach through structured education programs for patients and caregivers.
The Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join their diabetes specialist nursing team in Herefordshire. This role, available as a band 5/6 development position, offers a supportive environment for individuals interested in developing their expertise in diabetes care, even if they lack prior experience in the field. The successful candidate will work part-time (28 hours per week) within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on providing high-quality, individualized care to patients with complex diabetes management needs, while also preventing hospital admissions and enhancing understanding of diabetes through education and support for patients, families, and other professionals.
The position involves managing a caseload of patients with complex needs alongside a senior diabetes specialist nurse, using evidence-based practices to plan and evaluate care interventions. The role includes conducting patient reviews in diverse settings, delivering structured education sessions, and participating in multidisciplinary meetings and clinics. The opportunity emphasises collaboration, patient empowerment, and the use of diabetes technologies to promote integrated care within the community and hospital settings.
The position involves managing a caseload of patients with complex needs alongside a senior diabetes specialist nurse, using evidence-based practices to plan and evaluate care interventions. The role includes conducting patient reviews in diverse settings, delivering structured education sessions, and participating in multidisciplinary meetings and clinics. The opportunity emphasises collaboration, patient empowerment, and the use of diabetes technologies to promote integrated care within the community and hospital settings.
Opportunity for professional development with tailored induction and support for gaining diabetes specialist competencies.
Work within a dynamic and multidisciplinary team, gaining diverse experiences across both primary and secondary care settings.
Ability to make a significant impact on patients' lives by providing high-quality, individualised diabetes care and education.
Flexibility with a part-time schedule of 28 hours per week, promoting work-life balance.
Engage in collaborative practices and shared decision-making with patients, their families, and fellow healthcare professionals.
Exposure to advanced diabetes management technologies, enhancing clinical skills and knowledge.
Participation in engaging community outreach through structured education programs for patients and caregivers.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our dynamic diabetes specialist nursing team in Herefordshire.
If you do not have previous experience working in diabetes nursing, but are interested in developing a rewarding career in diabetes specialist nursing we can offer a band 5/6 development role with a tailored induction plan and dedicated time and support to achieve TREND-UK aligned diabetes specialist nurse competencies.
The successful candidate will work 28h/week as part of the multidisciplinary team across primary and secondary care with the aim of:
- Providing and supporting high quality holistic individualised diabetes care to patients with complex diabetes management needs, their families and/or carers.
- Preventing hospital admission
- Promoting a greater understanding of diabetes and empowering patients, their families and carers and other agencies and professionals involved with the patient through education, support and counselling.
- Nurturing collaboration and shared decision making
Alongside a senior diabetes specialist nurse, you will be responsible for supporting a caseload of patients with complex diabetes management needs, using evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- Working as part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team, you will be involved in the assessment, review and complex care planning, employing the use of diabetes technologies, where appropriate, for people with complex diabetes management needs, in order to provide seamless, integrated care.
- Representing diabetes specialist nursing team and attending multidisciplinary meetings and diabetes clinics in hospital and the community
- Conducting patient reviews in a wide range of settings, depending on service and clinical needs.
- Delivering structured education to people with diabetes, their families and carers/other agencies.
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