Job overview

Working within an existing and busy paediatric diabetes team this is an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge in a specialist nurse role and diabetes management .  RMCH have rare and complex cases of diabetes which will give you wider understanding of the variants of diabetes.

Main duties of the job

Do you have the enthusiasm, interest, and energy to be part of delivering excellent care to CYP & families with all forms diabetes within RMCH

The Children's Diabetes team at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) is pleased to be able to offer a  band 6,  2 permanent posts for a  Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist.

You must be passionate about paediatric diabetes and achieving optimum health outcomes for children, young people and their families living with this long term condition. Experience within diabetes is desirable but a full training and a comprehensive induction package will be offered.

The established multi-disciplinary team comprises of paediatricians and endocrinologists, nurses, dietitians, psychologists and a youth worker working to provide a seamless service across, primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care environments. Care is delivered in the home, school and within inpatient and outpatient settings. An established insulin pump service has been in place since 2006 with approximately 50% of our current caseload on insulin pumps. Service performance and outcomes are continuously being measured as part of Best Practice Tariff. We fully participate in the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit and are able to benchmark ourselves against similar services.

The team provides support to families Monday-Friday from 08.00 - 17.00 with out of hours service available for families.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.