Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Following the retirement of the current post-holder, the Diabetes inpatient team at Worcestershire Royal Hospitals need a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to lead the inpatient team based at the Alexandra Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to patients experience in hospital and have an impact on improving patient safety. You will be part of a wider diabetes inpatient team that covers all 3 hospitals in the trust and you may have to undertake cross site travel from time to time.

The inpatient team also manages all of the pregnancy related diabetes antenatal care for those with pre-existing diabetes and gestational diabetes. This will involve being familiar with diabetes technology including Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems, insulin pumps and hybrid closed loops.

You will need to use your teaching skills to support teaching at all levels whether this is doctors in training, nursing staff, healthcare assistants or patients and relatives. You must be able to engage your audience whether the training is in person or online.

There will be opportunities to undertake study to enhance your practice and undertake a non-medical prescribing qualification if you don’t hold one already.

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 7TH JANUARY 2025

Main duties of the job

The hospital has an Accident and Emergency Department and mix of medical and surgical beds with all surgery being elective. The hospital caries out bariatric surgery and you will be involved with post surgery management plans for those with diabetes who are undergoing this type of surgery.

You will review inpatients with diabetes who are having issues with glucose management and advise on treatment / management plans. You will see any diabetes emergency patients with DKA, HHS or hypoglycaemia and advise on management. You will also provide training to staff who have to deal with these emergencies. You will work closely with the local community diabetes teams to ensure urgent care is prioritised to avoid diabetes related admission if possible. Together with the community team, you will act as a point of contact for GP services with any urgent advice they require.

You will support the writing and updating of diabetes related guidelines and reporting any failures to follow guidelines so that patient safety and learning from errors can be optimised.