Diabetes Specialist Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our dynamic diabetes specialist nursing team in Herefordshire. If you do not have previous experience working in diabetes nursing, but are interested in developing a rewarding career in diabetes specialist nursing we can offer a band 5/6 development role with a tailored induction plan and dedicated time and support to achieve TREND-UK aligned diabetes specialist nurse competencies. The successful candidate will work 28h/week as part of the multidisciplinary team across primary and secondary care with the aim of:

• Providing and supporting high quality holistic individualised diabetes care to patients with complex diabetes management needs, their families and/or carers.
• Preventing hospital admission
• Promoting a greater understanding of diabetes and empowering patients, their families and carers and other agencies and professionals involved with the patient through education, support and counselling.
• Nurturing collaboration and shared decision making
Alongside a senior diabetes specialist nurse, you will be responsible for supporting a caseload of patients with complex diabetes management needs, using evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.,
• Working as part of a wider Multi-Disciplinary Team, you will be involved in the assessment, review and complex care planning, employing the use of diabetes technologies, where appropriate, for people with complex diabetes management needs, in order to provide seamless, integrated care.
• Representing diabetes specialist nursing team and attending multidisciplinary meetings and diabetes clinics in hospital and the community
• Conducting patient reviews in a wide range of settings, depending on service and clinical needs.
• Delivering structured education to people with diabetes, their families and carers/other agencies.
  
  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential. Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential." Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.