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    Diabetes Specialist Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London, United Kingdom

    6 days ago

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    Job overview

    We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic experienced diabetes nurse to join the Diabetes service at Guy's & St Thomas which includes our Lambeth and Southwark Community Sites

    As a department we are very patient focused supporting innovation and service development to continually improve care for people with diabetes. We are a busy tertiary specialist diabetes centre with over 2000 people with type 1 diabetes and 600 people on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (insulin pumps). We also have a forward-thinking community service across the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark actively supporting patients with T1 and Type 2 diabetes. Education of patients and other health care colleagues is an essential part of this role

    We are looking for a nurse who has experience in diabetes specialist nursing across any of the specialist care pathways. If you enjoy multidisciplinary team working in a busy progressive environment that is continually striving to improve care for the population it serves, this post is for you. We require a nurse who is flexible, dynamic, self-motivated and reliable in addition to being passionate about diabetes and nursing.

    The successful candidate will join a relatively large diabetes nursing team that provide specialist care across integrated clinical pathways working across in-patients, specialist out-patients and the community/intermediate care setting.

    Closing date: 30th June 2024

    Interview date: 11th July 2024

    Main duties of the job

    The primary function of the role is to act as highly specialised diabetes nurse working autonomously to assess, treat and prescribe for patients with diabetes and advise non-specialist practitioners on diabetes management plans as required. The specialist diabetes nurses are one integrated team across the community and secondary care diabetes services.

    This is a hybrid integrated hospital / community DSN post based within GSTT Diabetes service.

    In partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team the post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care. They act as a lead specialist and will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to health care professionals and patients. The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and research within the specialist area.

    The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues. Also ensures the safety and well being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centered care principles.

    Working for our organisation

    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals – Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

    We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

    We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    The primary function of the role is to act as highly specialised diabetes nurse working autonomously to assess, treat and prescribe for patients with diabetes and advise non-specialist practitioners on diabetes management plans as required. The specialist diabetes nurses are one integrated team across the community and secondary care diabetes services.

    This is a hybrid integrated hospital / community DSN post based within GSTT Diabetes service.

    In partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team the post holder will develop, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of clinical care. They act as a lead specialist and will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to health care professionals and patients. The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and research within the specialist area.

    Person specification

    Qualifications/ Education

    Essential criteria

  • BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
  • Your professional knowledge acquired at degree level
  • Post registration qualification in Diabetes

    • Desirable criteria

  • Non medical Prescribing
  • Advanced Assessment Skills

    • Previous experience

    Essential criteria

  • Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level in diabetes
  • Working with people with type 1 and complex type 2 diabetes
  • Previous experience group education

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator

    • Skills and Knowledge

    Essential criteria

  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
  • Developed skills of group education
  • Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care

    • Desirable criteria

  • Ability to interpret and analyse data and findings

    • Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

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