Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children and Young People's Diabetes Team
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Children and Young People Diabetes Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref: 361-6878749 Site: New QEII Hospital Town: Welwyn Garden City Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus 5% HCAS Salary period: Yearly Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59 Interview date: 28/01/2025 Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities. Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children and Young People's Diabetes Team who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, dynamic and forward-thinking professional who is committed to enhancing and developing the service. As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will demonstrate a level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to healthcare professionals, schools, voluntary organisations, and parents/carers. You will have a key role in the management of these children in the community or referring hospital. You will be supporting children, young people, and their families from diagnosis through to transition to adult services. This is an ideal opportunity for career progression for a paediatric nurse with experience in looking after children with diabetes. You will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. Main duties of the job
Work collaboratively with all members of the Multidisciplinary team that constitutes the Diabetes service at the East and North Herts NHS Trust to deliver effective, high-quality, safe patient-centred care. Contribute to the continuing education, training, and professional development of the nursing staff to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the clinical areas. Support the MDT to deliver best practice for all patients and their families, driving forward a programme to ensure excellent care delivery. Lead and support junior staff to ensure a high-quality service is delivered in line with national guidance, mentoring and supporting junior staff and students, and line managing staff ensuring appraisals and objectives are up to date. Work closely with adult services to ensure a smooth transition pathway. Facilitate service development and assist in the overall business planning process working closely with the senior leadership team. Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals: The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Registered nurse education to degree level, or willingness to undertake. Post-registration qualification in CYP diabetes and insulin pump therapy. Evidence of continuous professional development. Willingness to undertake further training as required. Teaching qualification. Previous Experience
Significant relevant experience in CYP diabetes and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills. Accept personal accountability for own practice. Experience of formal/informal teaching. Experience of initiating change. Understanding evidence-based practice. Experience of Clinical Governance. Understanding of patient pathways in CYP diabetes. Skills
Good verbal and written communication skills. Capable of working as an integral member of a specialist team. Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleagues’ needs. Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients. Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management. Effective interpersonal skills. Ability to lead developments in practice. Commitment to multi-disciplinary working. Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly. Demonstrate good level of computer literacy. Advanced communication skills. Knowledge
Knowledge of children’s related legislation e.g. GIRFT, Best practice tariff CYPD knowledge, NPDA, Children’s Act. Knowledge of Health & Safety Practices including Lone working. Knowledge of child protection workings and practices. Understanding of finance and commissioning. Our values We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together. Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas. Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose. Committed to our Community East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce. We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019. We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net. We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust. We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued. When you apply... Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible. All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e-mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your inbox. As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Children and Young People Diabetes Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref: 361-6878749 Site: New QEII Hospital Town: Welwyn Garden City Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus 5% HCAS Salary period: Yearly Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59 Interview date: 28/01/2025 Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities. Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Children and Young People's Diabetes Team who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, dynamic and forward-thinking professional who is committed to enhancing and developing the service. As a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will demonstrate a level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to healthcare professionals, schools, voluntary organisations, and parents/carers. You will have a key role in the management of these children in the community or referring hospital. You will be supporting children, young people, and their families from diagnosis through to transition to adult services. This is an ideal opportunity for career progression for a paediatric nurse with experience in looking after children with diabetes. You will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 and a maximum payment of £2,121. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. Main duties of the job
Work collaboratively with all members of the Multidisciplinary team that constitutes the Diabetes service at the East and North Herts NHS Trust to deliver effective, high-quality, safe patient-centred care. Contribute to the continuing education, training, and professional development of the nursing staff to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the clinical areas. Support the MDT to deliver best practice for all patients and their families, driving forward a programme to ensure excellent care delivery. Lead and support junior staff to ensure a high-quality service is delivered in line with national guidance, mentoring and supporting junior staff and students, and line managing staff ensuring appraisals and objectives are up to date. Work closely with adult services to ensure a smooth transition pathway. Facilitate service development and assist in the overall business planning process working closely with the senior leadership team. Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals: The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Registered nurse education to degree level, or willingness to undertake. Post-registration qualification in CYP diabetes and insulin pump therapy. Evidence of continuous professional development. Willingness to undertake further training as required. Teaching qualification. Previous Experience
Significant relevant experience in CYP diabetes and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills. Accept personal accountability for own practice. Experience of formal/informal teaching. Experience of initiating change. Understanding evidence-based practice. Experience of Clinical Governance. Understanding of patient pathways in CYP diabetes. Skills
Good verbal and written communication skills. Capable of working as an integral member of a specialist team. Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to workload and colleagues’ needs. Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients. Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management. Effective interpersonal skills. Ability to lead developments in practice. Commitment to multi-disciplinary working. Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly. Demonstrate good level of computer literacy. Advanced communication skills. Knowledge
Knowledge of children’s related legislation e.g. GIRFT, Best practice tariff CYPD knowledge, NPDA, Children’s Act. Knowledge of Health & Safety Practices including Lone working. Knowledge of child protection workings and practices. Understanding of finance and commissioning. Our values We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together. Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas. Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose. Committed to our Community East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce. We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019. We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net. We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust. We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued. When you apply... Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible. All correspondence relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e-mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your inbox. As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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