Diabetes Specialist NurseNHS
Job summary
We are seeking a dedicated Diabetes Nurse Specialist to deliver high-quality nursing care within our diabetes service, mainly in the inpatient setting. The role involves providing expert education, training, support, and advice to healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care, particularly within secondary care.
You will play a key role in ensuring effective communication and collaboration between primary and secondary healthcare teams to support seamless patient care. As an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of high standards in diabetes management.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients and their families and carers following diagnosis and thereafter.
- To liaise closely with defined GP practices and community nurses to ensure current recommended practice is effectively delivered.
- To ensure continuity of high standard evidence based nursing care, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans for a defined caseload of patients in secondary care.
- To manage own caseload of patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
- To follow up patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, providing relevant information enabling patients and their carers to make informed choices regarding treatment.
- To refer patients presenting with complex diabetes associated problems on to a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse or senior Diabetes Dietitian using integrated patient care pathways.
- To develop and participate in the on-going education of people with diabetes, ensuring timely referral to participate in appropriate structured education programmes.
- To assist patients and their carers to achieve individual goals to maintain physical and psychological well being.
- Be fully conversant with the actions of insulin and oral therapies under agreed guidelines and protocols.
- To undertake the initiation and stabilisation of patients requiring insulin treatment and oral therapies under agreed guidelines and protocols.
Job description
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.