Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic registered Children's Nurse to work within the Nottingham Children's Hospital Diabetes Team as a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse.

The Nottingham Children's Hospital looks after around 450 children and young people with diabetes. Approximately 70% of our patients are on insulin pumps, CGM and a variety of Hybrid Closed Loop Systems. We are nationally recognised and continue to achieve some of the best diabetes outcomes in the country.

Excellent team working, effective communication, being highly organised and motivated, in addition to previous experience in caring for children and young people with diabetes is desirable. The post holder will have post registration experience working with children in hospital, outpatients and/or community settings.

The new post holder will be trained and supported in learning about complex technology used in CYP with Type 1 Diabetes to enable them to hold a caseload of patients and manage their care in a variety of settings, give emergency advice and contribute to training other healthcare and educational professionals.

You will be hospital based with a responsibility to see children and young people in inpatient and outpatient settings, liaise with families at home and provide education to school and nurseries.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the summary above you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.

You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality clinical care and the support and development of others. You will be an effective team player but also be able to plan and organise your own workload, possess excellent communication skills and an ability to teach families, schools and health professionals. You will work as part of a dynamic and forward thinking multi-professional team, offering key opportunities to develop your career as a nurse specialist within this rapidly expanding service.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.