Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes Nurse Specialist (Band 6) - Cystic fibrosis related diabetes - Univers[...]

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Stoke University Hospital

Town: Stoke on Trent

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59

Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Band 6

Job overview

The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring that the Trust provides high quality, person-focused care, using current evidence-based practice. They will also provide support, expert guidance, and education to people living with diabetes, their carers/families, and healthcare professionals involved in caring for adults with Cystic Fibrosis diabetes (CFD). Full training will be provided to a suitable candidate.

The post-holder will be the Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cystic Fibrosis related Diabetes and must have a strong teamwork ethos. They will be required to work autonomously and manage their own caseload, run nurse-led clinics, and support other healthcare professionals in specialist MDT clinics to meet the often complex healthcare needs of people living with CF diabetes.

Main duties of the job

The North West Midlands Cystic Fibrosis Centre is based at The Royal Stoke Hospital, providing care for adults with CF across North and South Staffordshire, Burton, Shropshire, and Wolverhampton. The post will primarily be based at the University Hospital of North Midlands, but will also be required to support clinics at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the identification of the diabetes health care needs of the local health economy and work towards promoting and improving diabetes care both in the acute hospital setting and the wider community.

Other responsibilities include auditing of the care provided, a review of service provision to ensure continued improvement and high standards of care, and active participation in research within the field.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM, and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM creates and encourages a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return, we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients, and carers, that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The North West Midlands Cystic Fibrosis Centre is based at The Royal Stoke Hospital, providing care for adults with CF across North and South Staffordshire, Burton, Shropshire, and Wolverhampton. The post will primarily be based at the University Hospital of North Midlands, but will also be required to support clinics at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the identification of the diabetes health care needs of the local health economy and work towards promoting and improving diabetes care both in the acute hospital setting and the wider community.

Other responsibilities include auditing of the care provided, a review of service provision to ensure continued improvement and high standards of care, and active participation in research within the field.

Person specification

BG CFRD DSN

• Hold or be working towards a degree
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

B6 CFRD DSN

• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites
• Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions
• Experience in CF and diabetes
• Non-medical prescribing

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
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• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.