Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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Full time
Location: Windsor
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Site District Nursing - Slough Town Windsor Salary: £48,270 - £54,931 per annum (incl of HCAS) Salary period: Yearly Closing: 23/01/2025 23:59 Interview date: 03/02/2025 Job overview

A Monday - Friday working pattern is just one of the attractions this opportunity provides. Based at the Diabetes Centre at the King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor, you will work in a variety of settings including the delivery of both specialist and community diabetes services. You will be an enthusiastic and experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse with a warm personality and great people skills. You will need to be adaptable to change and be able to influence new ways of working. The Team is currently expanding and now has its own full-time dedicated Consultant, so this is an exciting time for you to join the team. You will be willing to undertake relevant training and demonstrate innovative practice. You will be responsible for providing high-quality evidence-based care for people with diabetes, their families, and carers. Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse. Areas of clinical service provision include: Insulin Initiation and management Emerging therapies Insulin Pump Therapy Flash Glucose Monitoring and CGMS Diabetes in Pregnancy Care of young adults including transition Provision of Diabetes Care within a secure mental health facility Areas of education provision include Type 1 and Type 2 structured education and Healthcare Professional Education. An integral part of the role is to focus on promoting a close working relationship between primary and specialist service providers to implement local and national guidelines for diabetes through positive leadership, communication, and expert knowledge of diabetes to support best practice and high standards of diabetes care throughout the Trust. The post holder will also support local GP surgeries and Primary Care Networks in their management of people with diabetes to reduce variation in Primary Care. Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are: Caring for and about you is our top priority Committed to providing good quality, safe services Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include: Flexible working options to support work-life balance 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell Excellent learning and career development opportunities ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave Free parking across Trust sites Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: Experience of providing diabetes care at a specialist level Passionate and enthusiastic about providing high quality diabetes care Ability to find solutions and implement different ways of working to enhance provision of care Able to work under pressure and lead by example For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare! We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required. Person specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Registered Nurse – Level 1 NMC Registration Post qualifying Diploma/Degree or equivalent experience (or currently undertaking) Teaching and Assessing Qualification e.g., ENB 998, or equivalent Further recognised training in diabetes care e.g., ENB 928 or equivalent Evidence of further professional qualification/development in Diabetes Care to master’s level or equivalent Community qualification Management or leadership qualification Independent and Supplementary Prescribing Qualification Counselling qualification Insulin Pump Therapy CGMS Previous Experience

Minimum 5 years post registration experience Minimum 2 years’ experience as Diabetes Specialist Nurse Experience of training nurses and other health professionals Experience of audit/research/project management Experience of autonomous & multi-disciplinary working Additional Requirements

Valid driving licence Use of vehicle for work purposes These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare: Caring

for and about you is our top priority Committed

to providing good quality, safe services working

Together

with you to develop innovative solutions We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us. Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role. At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs. We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria. Please note we may close positions before the advertised date. Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. For information on how we store your information, please review our privacy statement. No agencies, please. 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. Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

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