Diabetes Specialist Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes nursing team.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and committed Diabetes Specialist Nurse with a passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients, and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care.

We are looking for a nurse who has experience of working autonomously, supporting patients with a variety of diabetes treatments, and playing a key role in education of other healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will play a central role in the development and delivery of a high-quality specialist nursing service for patients with diabetes as part of the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team at Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT). The successful candidate will work autonomously and within the wider diabetes team, delivering timely support and education in specialist areas including pump therapy and associated technologies, preconception and antenatal care, young adult/transitional services as well as supporting other specialist areas such as renal and foot.

They will also have a key role in supporting other members of the immediate DSN team on a daily basis, providing clinical supervision, continual professional development support and upskilling where needed. It will be expected that education and support will be delivered to other health care professionals focusing on all aspects of diabetes. You will be expected to work across boundaries, collaborating with the SFT inpatient diabetes service, the primary care diabetes team, General Practitioners, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

As a specialist nurse, you will act as an accountable, autonomous practitioner in the coordination and delivery of evidence-based expert nursing care for diabetes patients, their relatives, and carers. You will use well-developed decision-making skills to formulate treatment plans and initiate changes in management of care when necessary.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre, and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery, and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

1. First Level Registered Nurse
2. Advanced Degree or Diploma in Nursing
3. Independent Non-Medical Prescriber or Working Towards

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.