Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job Summary

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Band 6 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our dedicated Children's Diabetes Service. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a genuine, long-term difference in the lives of children and young people living with diabetes, as well as their families and carers.

Working as an integral member of our multidisciplinary team you will provide expert clinical care, education, and emotional support across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside and support the Lead Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team to provide an effective and supportive service to children and young people with diabetes, their families and carers, in both hospital and community settings.

They will provide clinical guidance and expert knowledge in assessing, implementing and evaluating the needs of this patient group. They will provide specialist clinical skills, teaching, education, support and leadership to enable families, carers and other professionals, in all settings, to engage in managing the needs of the children and young people to achieve the best quality life, health and wellbeing whilst living with diabetes.

About Us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please See Attached Job Description.

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Qualifications Essential

• RN (Child) first level registration
• Degree supplemented by training and/or combination of additional post registration/postgraduate specialist training, experience and/or short course, CPD or equivalent
• Experience of working for minimum of 2 years within a service providing care for children and young people with diabetes
• Evidence of on-going professional development
• Mentorship qualification / skills
  
  
  

Desirable

• Post-registration qualification in paediatric diabetes (or working towards)
  
  
  

Experience Essential

• Significant level of specialist knowledge and experience in children's diabetes
• Teaching and mentoring staff
  
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working in the community
• Caseload management
• Participation in audit
• Attendance at case conferences, Child in Need meetings or Core Groups
  
  
  

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).