Diabetes Nurse

Calling registered nurses with a passion for developing their diabetes knowledge, skills and expertise. Exciting new role to develop your specialist nurse career with a supportive award-winning consultant-led team based in Brighton and working in East Sussex. We want to develop our nursing team and will provide on the job training, so no previous diabetes specialist nurse experience is required. This is a rare opportunity for a nurse with a keen interest in diabetes to work with a supportive multi-disciplinary team with years of experience. It's an exciting, new, varied role that includes providing direct patient care in both clinic and domiciliary settings and facilitating health education groups. You'll be supported clinically to work towards specialist diabetes nursing competencies within an agreed timeframe.
This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received., To work as a diabetes nurse providing an effective and high-quality patient-focused service that is sensitive to the needs of the users and providers. To deliver a high-quality patient centered system of care and education to enable people living with diabetes to manage their condition confidently and effectively. This will include responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating of evidenced-based education programmes provided by the service. To perform comprehensive assessments of patient needs and actively contribute to setting and maintaining high standards of quality nursing care. Plan, implement and evaluate delivery of diabetes care according to changing health care needs of the individual. To liaise with the multi professional teams to provide an appropriate service to patients and their carers. Maintain effective and efficient communication with the nurses and members of the multi-disciplinary team on issues related to patient care and organisation of
nursing teams.
Working without supervision to coordinate, organise and prioritise own work within the diabetes nursing team clinical area on a day-to-day basis. Contribute to the development of services, new ways of working and the implementation of change. Act as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, patients, carers and the public at all times. Ensure self and the nursing team within the department adhere to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust's uniform policy., 1. Act independently, following policies and procedures and adhering to pre-set standards, escalating issues to the Senior Nursing staff where necessary.
2. Provide support to patients within their home setting or within clinical settings requiring frequent concentration. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care and give specialist advice.
3. Following training and competency assessment as required, perform necessary clinical procedures, e.g., continuous blood glucose sensor, perform capillary blood glucose and ketone testing, appropriate to the clinical speciality. Work towards WAND specialist diabetes nursing competencies within an agreed timeframe.
4. Collect, collate, and fully accurately report patient information, maintaining accurate complete and up-to-date nursing records.
5. Recognise, prioritise, and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
6. Act as link nurse for various specialist areas, i.e. Infection prevention, Tissue Viability, Older People's Champion, as designated.
7. Participate in the mentoring of new starters/student nurses appropriate to role and responsibility.
Main responsibilities
1. Undertake the Trust Corporate, directorate and local Induction and competency programmes.
2. Ensure own compliance with regard to mandatory training and NMC Professional re-registration requirements.
3. Responsible for keeping up to date with individual skills, knowledge and competence and awareness of professional issues, relevant to role.
4. Undertake specialist education training and successfully complete a competency-based programme related to the role as required that will allow health care to be delivered to the user through new ways of working. This will be monitored according to agreed expectations.
5. Accepts designated responsibilities of other team members and actively contributes to performance review and the appraisal and personal development planning (PDP) process within the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).
6. Ensure that the delivery of care for all patients meet the standards determined by the Lead nurse and the Standards for Better Health.
7. Adheres to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines and ensures compliance of others.
8. Promote and practice the highest standards of infection prevention and control measures at all times.
9. Continually monitor standards of nursing care and contribute to improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit and research.
10. Participate in and contribute to patient and public involvement activities.
11. Promote patient dignity, equality, diversity and rights.
12. Ensure professional practice at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct and raise any concerns with the Advanced Diabetes Specialist Nurse / Consultant Nurse / Clinical Services Manager.
13. To work flexibly when called upon to work at one of the other Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust sites and be prepared to work in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
At the heart of how we operate is our Trust values:
+ Compassionate Care
+ Working Together,
+ Achieving Ambitions
+ Delivering Excellence
Our values are fundamental to the high-quality care we provide to the people who need us. We are proud to be a community that cares, delivering our services as a team whilst supporting our employees as individuals.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer that actively promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We embrace and celebrate diversity, encouraging applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with an ethnically diverse heritage, those with disabilities, and individuals identifying as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Our aim is to grow a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
We strive to create an environment where every individual is valued and respected. Our recruitment process is designed to support candidates who require reasonable adjustments and to accommodate the needs of applicants.
This post may close earlier than the published closing date if sufficient applications are received.
Correspondence relating to this vacancy will be conducted electronically, please ensure you check your emails, including your junk folder. If you have not heard from us within two weeks please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
+ Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support

+ Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
+ Excellent training and development opportunities
+ Research opportunities
+ Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
+ Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
+ Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
+ Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
+ Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
+ Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff