Job overview

This post is based at WTWA Wythenshawe

Registered Nurse Band 7

30 hours Permanent Position

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Nurse Diabetic Specialist to work with cardiac surgery patients, providing expertise in diabetes care by providing information, support advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and act as a resource to the multi-professional team.

Main duties of the job

To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient’s care pathway. To contribute to review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group. To review HBA1C in all new patients to the cardiac surgery waiting list and non-elective list and optimise management of existing patients.

To liaise closely with the health care teams of inpatient wards, outpatient department and primary care, including Consultant Physicians and GPs as necessary. To demonstrate knowledge and experience of diabetes management and clinical leadership skills. To monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit.

Be willing to undertake further training and development as required to achieve the requirements of the post. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate MFT values.

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.