Diabetes Nurse Consultant

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join us at East Sussex NHS Trust to drive, champion, and defend gold standard care for people with Diabetes. The post-holder will provide clinical, strategic, and professional leadership for Diabetes and Endocrinology nursing, ensuring that the care delivered to all our patients is safe, effective, caring, well-led and responsive both now and in the future. The post-holder will be a source of expertise and operate with a high degree of autonomy whilst also working closely and collaboratively with senior medical colleague

The patient will be at the centre of everything you do. You will lead well-established, supportive, and collaborative multi-disciplinary teams dedicated to ensuring high quality care of people with Diabetes at ESHT. You will be responsible for the professional leadership of the Diabetes and Endocrinology nursing workforce, and demonstrating a supportive, person-centred, and motivational approach with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

We are looking for an outstanding nurse leader who has the vision and commitment to deliver high quality clinical care to patients, whilst developing robust nursing practices and embedding clinical governance systems within the Division, aligned to relevant professional, national and local strategies and policy frameworks including CQC Compliance and other compliance frameworks/requirements.

Main duties of the job

To lead, manage and continue to develop at the forefront of innovative diabetes specialist practice, inspiring colleagues to implement such practice and service developments.

To work with colleagues to implement the East Sussex better Together integrated diabetes service. To promote and develop robust partnership working to ensure true integrated care across the CCGs.