Diabetes Community Specialist Nurse

The Cardiff and Vale UHB diabetes team are working with Value Based Healthcare to develop diabetes services. The expanded multi-disciplinary team will develop integrated pathways across primary and secondary care for adults with Type 2 Diabetes through the development of a community diabetes hub. The team will provide education and training to people with diabetes and community staff to support self-management and optimise glycaemic control.,

• Work with colleagues across primary and community care to provide support, treatment and education for patients with diabetes
• Enable an integrated pathway by acting as an interface between primary and secondary care, ensuring a system wide approach to managing diabetes.
• Be accessible to all client groups including nursing homes, housebound, custodial care and minority groups
• Have a positive impact across all clinical boards and diabetes clinical pathways, supporting admission prevention and improve flow through supportive discharge.
• This role is key to developing an enabling environment in order to provide patients and their families with the skills required to manage their diabetes.
  
  We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated nurses to join our team. The successful candidates will need significant experience of working with people with diabetes and to have undertaken specialist post graduate education., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
  
  Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.