Specialist Nurse: Children's Diabetes Educator

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of structured education to children with diabetes and their carers attending the Oxfordshire Children's Diabetes Service at the Oxford Children's Hospital and the Horton General Hospital, Banbury. The post holder will continue to develop, update and evaluate the formal curriculum for each specific structured education programme. This is currently delivered by school year group and in some case by subject, for example insulin pump therapy. Delivering the programme requires good communication and organisational skills. Planning the sessions requires input into the content but also liaising with key members of the MDT to schedule and allocate sessions, delivery, communication with families and other organisations.,

• Develop and update evidence-based curriculum for structured education
• To work with the clinical diabetes team to prioritise the areas of education to be delivered
• To plan, organise and deliver the structured education programmes alongside clinical colleagues from the Children's diabetes team
• To inform members of the Childrens diabetes team of the outcomes and evaluation from structured education.
• To contribute to the development or update of relevant protocols and guidelines
• To work with the Children's diabetes team to develop the structured education programmes in line with developments in clinical, psychological and educational aspects of diabetes management.
• To keep up to date with structured education programmes being developed and delivered throughout Children's diabetes services in the UK.
• To contribute to national developments within structured education for children with diabetes.
• To enhance the knowledge and skills of other health care professionals within the Children's Directorate and Primary Health Care team.
· Provide expert contribution to the care of patients that reflects all aspects of the philosophy operating within the Children's Directorate of the Trust
• Ensure that accurate and comprehensive records are kept, and confidentiality is maintained.
• Act as a patient advocate.
• Obtain user engagement and feedback to review practice
  
  EG Warwick/Birmingham/York module
Desirable criteria
• Experience in group teaching
• 2
Ability to work in a team and initiate actions within itEssential criteria
• 5 years
Desirable criteria
• Actions within the team related to insulin pump training programmes, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel., The Children's Diabetes Service looks after all children and young people with diabetes in Oxfordshire and surrounding areas, currently around 360 up to the age of 18 years. The team is based at the Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe site, with clinics both in Oxford and at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. Approximately 60% of the children/young people use insulin pumps of those 90% are on hybrid closed loop pumps. In all, 83% of families use continuous glucose monitoring. The multi-disciplinary team works tirelessly to improve the quality of life of children and young people with diabetes, while optimising the best possible individual management of the condition. The technology side of diabetes management is at the forefront of care following approvals for these systems for all CYP under 18 years of age. Introducing these symptoms involves a high level of educational support., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.