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Job summary

Main area
Diabetic Services
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Cross site cover + Community
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
320-MED-1310
Employer
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Derby Hospital
Town
Derby
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 pro rata pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
17/05/2024

Employer heading

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Specialist Nurse - Diabetes

Band 7

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services.  The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds.  All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for; 

Job overview

We have some exciting opportunities to join our Band 7 Team within the Diabetes Team within the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).

We are looking for enthusiastic and hardworking individual who wish to become part of a successful Diabetes Team across Southern Derbyshire, North Leicestershire and East Staffordshire with an interest in diabetes.

Our team cover a number of sub-specialities including Pumps, Antenatal, Renal, General Outpatients - Staffordshire and Inpatients amongst others. We are looking for experienced nurses who would be interested in being a Lead for one of these areas however you would be expected to work across all areas within the team and provide cross cover where required.

The successful applicant should have demonstrable experience in delivering and managing education to a variety of health care professionals in an acute setting. 

Successful applicant will be expected to work across all Diabetes Services and sites within the Trust as required depending on service priorities. 

Main duties of the job

We are looking for individuals with broad experience as a Specialist Nurse within Diabetes, a positive outlook and a passion for driving services forward. Experience across Inpatient / Outpatient / Community settings, managing complex diabetes cases, autonomous working and team management skills would be essential.

Individuals would work as Lead nurse for a specialist area,  becoming a clinical specialist for that area and taking on education and development specific to that role and working with the Band 6 Diabetes Specialist nurses as well as all other staff within the Diabetes and Endocrinology service to develop their knowledge and skills as they rotate through your area/work alongside you. 

Closing date of applications: 5 May 2024

Interview date: 17 May 2024

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

  • Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
  • We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
  • Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or above as a Registered Nurse
  • Experience of leading and implementing a change
  • Experience of leading and managing a team
  • Experience of Diabetes
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrable experience in diabetes within specific community, inpatient, outpatient and specialist settings
  • Demonstrate independently managing patient caseloads and working autonomously
  • Nurse Prescriber
  • Demonstrate experience in IT systems and work processes
  • Experience in audit and/or research
  • Experience in managing and delivering education at a higher level to healthcare professionals
  • Leadership/Management qualifications
  • Experience of managing change within a team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthArmed Forces CovenantNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire Conboy
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07385411604
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