Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Come and work for an Outstanding trust and join our paediatric diabetes team. We are looking for a Band 7 Paediatric Diabetes specialist nurse hours/Week Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.)

As the Team lead for the Paediatric Diabetic Nursing service; the role involves leading the Band 6 and Band 5 diabetes team members, and working closely with the Paediatric diabetes consultants and wider MDT. You will be supported and encouraged to develop your existing skills and gain new ones within our wider outpatient team and the paediatric team. As a PDSN you will be involved in clinics, teaching and establishing pump starts.

Our department is situated within the Cedar centre (Endocrine building) at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford.

The post holder will work as part of the Paediatric multi-disciplinary team which provides diabetes services and is currently based within the Cedar Centre/Paediatrics at the Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Successful candidates should be prepared to support hospital staff, attend clinics and oversee care of in-patients and develop and lead in the delivery of care whilst acting as an autonomous practitioner and specialist nurse.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn\’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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The post holder will

• Provide professional expert clinical care and expertise within diabetes services
• Be a key contributor to the strategic development of the diabetes service taking account of the BPT National Service Framework, government, regional and Trust initiatives. This also includes Peer Review agreements with the PCTs and the CCG.
• Work in collaboration with medical and other multi-disciplinary staff to provide a comprehensive patient focused service.
• Ensure nurse clinics are provided consistently and efficiently.
• Initiate and participate in the teaching programmes of the diabetes and team and ward teams.
• To advise on the management of and facilitate early discharge for patients admitted with diabetes, either as newly diagnosed or as part of their ongoing condition. Providing educational support as required.
• Be the focal point for inpatient referrals to the diabetic team, providing first line advice to doctors from other teams.
• In collaboration with the Paediatric community specialist nurses, provide community based care and support for specific patients with diabetes following their discharge from hospital.
• Provide managerial support to the Diabetes Nursing team.