Endocrine Specialist Nurse

The post holder will lead in the development and delivery of a high-quality specialist nursing service for patients with endocrine conditions as part of the multi-disciplinary Endocrinology Team at Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT). The successful candidate will work autonomously in outpatients, supported by the medical endocrine team, to provide face to face and telephone consultations to patients with a range of endocrine conditions, particularly those with thyroid disease but over time extending into other areas. Using advanced decision-making skills, and collaborating with the medical endocrine team, the post holder will arrange and undertake endocrine tests as required. They will also have a key role in delivering education to other health care professionals focussing on all aspects of endocrine disease., Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and committed Endocrine Specialist Nurse with a passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care. We are looking for a nurse who has experience of working autonomously in outpatients, undertaking endocrine tests and playing a key role in education of other healthcare professionals.,

• First level registered nurse.
• Advanced diploma or degree in Nursing
• Independent non-medical prescriber (or working towards)
Experience Essential
• Minimum of 2 years post registration experience at band 6 level or equivalent
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
  
  Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us.
Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as : Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.