Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Job summary

NHS Salary Band: Band 6

Salary: £37,338 – £44,962 per annum

Work Location: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham

Hours per week: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Thursday 3rd October 2024 (Please note: we may interview on receipt of application and the role may close before the closing date)

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 6 Diabetes Nurse to join the Portsmouth Paediatric Diabetes Service. Are you an experienced, dynamic paediatric nurse looking for a new direction, and would like to work within a fast-paced and exciting specialist service? If yes, then Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHUT) would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To work with the Specialist nurse and consultant team to manage a caseload of patients with diabetes. Work towards achieving the relevant competencies required for the assessment, primary and/or secondary diagnosis, management, and evaluation of Treatment and/or care for children, young people and their families.
• Working and supporting the Band 7 CNS to manage the overall management of the Paediatric Diabetes service in conjunction with the Consultant Paediatrician.
• Contribute and implement the overall strategy of evidence-based care for those children and young people with diabetes to meet Best Practice Tariff.
• Role modelling and education for health care professionals and a point of contact for professionals working outside organisational boundaries.
• Work between office, outpatients, and childrens ward and in the community in the family home, school and other settings.