Diabetes Specialist Nurse Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join a team of dedicated Diabetes Specialist Nurses in the Elsie Bertram Diabetes Centre (EBDC), covering 3 teams within the trust.

At the EBDC, we have a firmly established multi-professional approach to care delivery with both Consultant and Specialist Nurses delivering clinics. We aim to educate and inform patients, their families, and carers for them to make choices about their individual health care needs and support them with self-management of their diabetes.

As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will be involved in, following appropriate training, covering inpatient services, outpatient services and community clinics, including our specialist outreach clinics in antenatal and young adult services. A flexible approach will be welcomed and may involve some later clinic cover and weekends.

As part of your role, you will help to provide patient education on an individual basis, as well as part of a group setting, initiate insulin/GLP-1 therapy and latest technology used in diabetes care such as insulin pumps and CGM for people who need them. The post will involve ongoing review and support of our patients, their carers and/or family members with management of their diabetes in our specialist nurse-led and multidisciplinary clinics. There will also be opportunities to provide education for staff members of the wider MDT within the Trust.

We are very happy to meet any candidates informally to discuss the role further and arrange an informal visit to the centre, prior to interview, if requested.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

1. Flexible working hours
2. Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
3. Multi Faith prayer room
4. Discounted gym memberships
5. Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
6. Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
7. Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
8. Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
9. On-site Nursery
10. On-site cafes offering staff discounts
11. Support in career development
12. Flexible staff bank
13. Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will:

1. Provide education and ongoing review/support to patients and/or their carers on self-management of their diabetes and their medication.
2. Be involved in helping support patients with the latest technology available in diabetes management, such as insulin pump therapy, CGM and Hybrid-closed loops.
3. Have the opportunity to work across all teams in the specialty, including inpatient, outpatient and in the community with an opportunity to work towards becoming a non-medical prescriber in future.
4. Support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, acting as a role model and demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
5. Implement Trust and Directorate evidence-based procedures, policies, protocols and guidelines.
6. Contribute to local policy making within the agreed Trust strategy.
7. Act as an ambassador for the Trust in professional and trust business settings.
8. Develop policies and procedures for nursing practice for patients with diabetes.
9. Belong to diabetes interest groups at local and national levels, undertake presentations and disseminate information gained to unit staff.
10. Manage own caseload of patients.
11. Work in accordance with Trust and Directorate Diabetes Management guidelines and help to develop these where necessary.
12. With the Senior Diabetes Nurse, assess the training needs of nursing staff within the team and ensure these needs are met.
13. Provide ongoing advice, information and emotional support to clients with diabetes and their relatives and carers.
14. Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate educational needs and programmes for clients and their relatives/carers.
15. Initiate treatment for diabetes for those patients with poor glycaemic control under the guidance of the medical team, or nurse prescriber.
16. Give dose adjustment/titration advice for patients to be able to continue self-management, or to other prescribing healthcare staff.
17. Ensure appropriate follow up for all diabetes patients.
18. Provide telephone support to patients/relatives/carers and other health care professionals including dose adjustment, sick day rules and hypo advice.
19. Initiate referrals to other health care professionals, e.g. podiatrist, dietician and community nursing teams.
20. Reduce perioperative delays in diabetes management.
21. Provide expert opinion/advice to other healthcare professionals within the Trust, either as part of individual patient review or wider Trust staff education.
22. Participate in nurse led clinics, both face-to-face and virtual clinics.
23. Be able to use all current and new technology to help with your clinical assessment of a patient.

Please See The Attached Job Description For Full Details.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Mar 2025.