Job overview

We are excited to be supporting the development of this new role within the Paediatric Diabetes Team as a Diabetes Support Educator within the Women's and Children's Division (Division E). The post offers opportunities to develop and use your skills in the Paediatric Diabetes Service as well as taking on other opportunities that arise within your scope of practice. 

In the Paediatric department at Cambridge University Hospitals, we are dedicated to providing specialist, professional care to our patients and their families in a welcoming and committed atmosphere.  

Our work is wide ranging and we are well respected both locally and as a regional tertiary specialist treatment centre. We provide excellent care across both medical and surgical specialities. Our ethos of child centred care and multi-professional collaboration drives our service, alongside a commitment to family focused teamwork.

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside our multidisciplinary team providing high quality, evidence based care supporting children and young people (0-19 years old) with Diabetes. Providing education to families, children and young persons as well as to Ward staff to up skill them on diabetes management and technology.

You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, clinical, educational and administrative duties. You will be an integral part of the Diabetes Educator team as well as the wider MDT.

You will be motivated to make a positive difference to the child and family experience during their journey from newly diagnosed on the ward to their experience in clinics until they are transitioned to the adult service.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Paediatric Diabetes Team.  

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.