Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes

Job summary

Are you an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse?

Do you have experience in diabetes care or are you looking for a new

challenge and would like the opportunity to work within this specialist service

within acute care?

We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious CNS in Diabetes to join our team.

This role will provide opportunites to work in a busy outpatient setting as well as supporting the MDT in-patient diabetes team.

As a team we will support your own learning and development and provide opprtunites for you to devlop skills within this diverse specilaity.

Main duties of the job

You will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to

care of people with diabetes; providing education and training to patients,

carers and families in a variety of settings.

You will be supported to work autonomously and become an independent

prescriber if you are not already.

You will be involved in working closely with the multi-disciplinary care team

acting as a specialist in this field to colleagues and other health care

professionals.

If you think you have what it takes to join a forward thinking, innovative team

committed to the delivery of high quality care then we want to hear from you.

To be shortlisted applicants will need to detail in their supporting information

how they can demonstrate the essential requirements of the experience and

skills section of the person specification.

The post holder will be expected to work Monday-Friday and weekends on a

roster basis.

For further information, to arrange a visit, telephone Rebecca Skelding, Lead CNS Diabetes

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.