Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

We are a hospital-based team who offer a model of integrated diabetes nursing between primary and secondary care, providing both in and out-patient Diabetes Nursing Service, for CHFT.

We are looking for a nurse with experience in caring for people with T1 and T2 diabetes, ideally a nurse prescriber, or willingness to work towards, and aspirations to develop skills and knowledge to cover secondary care sub speciality services. It would be desirable to have experience of using diabetes technology.

The successful candidate will provide in-patient and out-patient care, cross sites, Monday to Sunday.

Our diabetes out-patient service consists of nurse-led clinics, with primary care support. We accept patient referrals directly from GP teams and secondary care consultant and colleagues.

The CHFT Diabetes nursing team also provides a diabetes L3 service in GP practice settings. The aim of this service is to share specialist diabetes knowledge and expertise with our community colleagues, supporting and upskilling their level of skills and confidence, looking after people with Type 2 diabetes, taking insulin therapy.

Our team are consistently striving to provide an equitable and improved service to our patients, our trust, and our community colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Caring for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and their complex needs.

Please refer to person specification and job description for specific roles and responsibilities.