Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7216058
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per anum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Nurse/Diabetes Nurse to join our small, dedicated diabetes team to deliver specialist advice, education and services at Airedale NHS Hospital Foundation Trust.
It is an opportunity for someone with an enthusiasm for diabetes and a wish to extend their knowledge in this field. The successful candidate will work alongside and be supported by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team including Consultants, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Dieticians and Podiatrists.
You must have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate (willing to undertake the necessary training) the knowledge, experience and motivation to care for the patient living with diabetes.
The successful candidate will be able to provide direct expert diabetes nursing, with a primary focus on inpatient care.
This is an exciting time to be involved with diabetes care, technology is advancing, treatments are changing and improving at pace.
Main duties of the job
Providing safe care to patients living with Diabetes in line with NICE, national and local guidelines.
Provide comprehensive evidence-based specialist clinical care, training and consultancy to both people with diabetes and other professionals providing care, in a range of settings including the diabetes centre, GP practices patients’ homes and other care settings.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with access to advice and support from senior colleagues.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details including the full Job Description and Person Specification please see the attached documents.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of the NHS Constitution and its implications Excellent communication skills Change management skills Leadership skills IT skills Experience working with dose adjustment protocols or similar Knowledge of national and local diabetes clinical practice guidelines Problem solving complex clinical / care issues Ability to work independently and as an effective team member
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication skills training Leadership course/qualification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Registered Nurse Teaching/assessor/mentor qualification
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post qualification study at Master level
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and autonomously Practice within guidelines and protocols to ensure deliver of high-quality diabetes care Participation in clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience is delivering teaching programmes. Previous diabetes experience
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within the multidisciplinary team Flexible to meet needs of the post Calm, objective and self-motivated Innovative/dynamic Can motivate and inspire others by leadership behaviours Time management skills Able to cope under pressure
OTHER
Essential criteria
- Able to fulfil health and well-being requirements for the post Health and well-being screening
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Somma Ahir
- Job title
- Diabetes Specialist Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294398
- Additional information
Other contact names Kate Farrell/Dan Whitworth
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