Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes

6 months Fixed Term/Secondment A fantastic opportunity has arisen for the chance to join our diabetes clinical nurse specialist team. The post holder will work as part of the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Specialist Diabetes Nursing Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work as a member of a specialist multidisciplinary team comprising consultants, nurses, dietitians, and support staff to develop an innovative integrated service., An exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist has become available to work within the Diabetes & Endocrinology Team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual who wishes to become part of a successful team working across Southern Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

We are looking for an individual with broad experience as a Registered Nurse, a positive outlook and a passion for driving services forward. Experience within Diabetes and across inpatient/outpatient/community settings would be advantageous.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  
  The successful applicant will be expected to work across all Diabetes Services and sites within the Trust as required depending on service priorities.
Applicants will be able to access all of our Hospitals sites with ease. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development, together with an opportunity to work across some or all of our 5 sites depending on specialty
• Support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• Friendly, supportive and caring colleagues
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes