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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
370-NAM7DIA-1324-A
Employer
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Warrington and Halton
Town
Warrington
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/07/2025 23:59

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Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

The diabetes team is based in the acute hospital trust and consists of a Consultant Diabetes nurse, an advance nurse practitioner, Diabetes specialist nurses working in outpatient clinics and community . We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team including our administration team and the consultant diabetologists providing a Monday to Friday service. We are developing our well established insulin pump service over both hospital sites and are seeking someone with pump experience or willing to develop their knowledge in this area of diabetes management. 

Main duties of the job

      Provide leadership in the field of diabetes and draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills to develop and deliver high quality service to people with diabetes.

·         Act as an expert practitioner, overseeing, delegating and supporting care carried out by other members of the diabetes team where required

·         Work closely with other departmental staff and professionals to facilitate a multidisciplinary framework for the effective delivery of diabetes care.

·         Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop an innovative high quality service, which enables individualised care to be facilitated and delivered to people with diabetes and their carers/families.

·         Responsible for delivering an equitable nurse lead service for people with diabetes in Warrington and Halton. 

·         Be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. 

·         Make an assessment on complex facts to formulate a care plan, implement and continual evaluate care.

·         Review patient’s medication regime ensuring that patients receive appropriate pharmacotherapy in effective doses. Prescribe changes or initiate medication in accordance with non medical prescribing.

·         Refer people to relevant practitioners or agencies when this is necessary providing accurate and necessary information consistent with maintaining confidentiality.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 ***For a full list of roles and responsibilites please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification***

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
  • Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
  • Relevant Post Registration clinical experience

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Non Medical Prescriber
  • Recognised teaching/assessing qualification /mentorship

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others
  • Basic IT skills in word processing/Hospital Systems
  • Able to present written information in a logical manner
  • Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
Desirable criteria
  • Insulin Pump experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Diabetes knowledge

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lesley Mills
Job title
Consultant Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07917271055
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