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Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

On-site in London·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Our summary

Salary
£58,133 - £65,261 a year

About £3,690 - £4,030 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Contract
Fixed-term, full-time hours
Experience
Senior level
Closing date
Apply by Tuesday 10 November
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Nice to have

The role

What you'll do

The post is an exciting opportunity to work within the speciality of diabetes, contributing primarily to the delivery of the adult diabetes service at Mile End Diabetes Care Centre and within GP practices in Tower Hamlets.

The post holder will develop specialist skills enabling them to provide management plans, treatment advice, and support for high-risk adults with diabetes and their carers. 

The post holder will be a clinical and educational resource for patients and health professionals; and will ensure patient getting the right treatment before too late to prevent the diabetes complication to patient between the age of 25- and 75-years old living in Tower Hamlet area and within Tower hamlet GP in terms of diabetes care.

The post holder will be a good team player always striving to improve the care of people with diabetes.

Job overview

Due to the expansion of our Diabetes Services, Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our established team. We are inviting applications for this exciting opportunity to support the innovative FIND Diabetes Programme across Tower Hamlets, based within the Diabetes Service at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Driving Success in the Diabetes FIND Programme

As part of a dedicated and enthusiastic Diabetes multidisciplinary team, you will work collaboratively with a range of healthcare professionals to provide specialist clinical care, education, psychological support, and wellbeing interventions for individuals living with Type 2 diabetes. The role will focus on supporting high-risk patient groups who meet the criteria for the newly established and innovative “Diabetes FIND Programme”, aimed at improving outcomes and reducing the risk of diabetes-related complications.

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent organisational, communication, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage a complex clinical caseload and work autonomously across both primary and secondary care settings. We are committed to supporting professional growth and development and offer a wide range of educational and training opportunities. We are particularly interested in candidates who are passionate about innovation, service development, and contributing to the success of this exciting new programme.

Essential criteria

  • • First level NMC registration
  • • Mentorship qualification
  • • University level diabetes course or equivalent level of knowledge or experience
  • • Post-registration experience
  • • Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
  • • Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS
  • • Experience of supervision of junior staff / nursing students
  • • Demonstrates well developed verbal and written communication skills
  • • Able to demonstrate effective change management skills
  • • Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and patient assessment skills
  • • Able to work autonomously as well as a member of the team
  • • Patient education and promoting self-management.
  • • Effective time management skills
  • • Effective negotiation skills
  • • Is able to use own initiative
  • • Has effective organisational skills

Desirable criteria

  • • Teaching and assessing (ENB998) or equivalent level of knowledge or experience
  • • Graduate in nursing or health related studies
  • • Recognised certificate in counselling
  • • MSc in Diabetes or willing to take
  • • Participation in Nursing Research and Audit
  • • Experience in the management of diabetes in the community or primary care or of working on a diabetes ward
  • • Experience of patient education to support self-management
  • • Able to speak multi languages (multilingual

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received.

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Industry
Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Additional information

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. 

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful. 

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. 

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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