Band 6 Child Branch Specialist Nurse - Diabetes
Requirements
Applicants must be registered Child Nurses with the NMC and have relevant post-registration continuing professional development or a specialty qualification, a recognised mentorship course, and evidence of specialty competencies. They should demonstrate expert specialty knowledge, ongoing professional development, teaching and supervision experience, multidisciplinary working, safeguarding awareness, and the ability to assess and evaluate specialist care; regular access to a personal vehicle is essential.
Job Description
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust are seeking two enthusiastic children's qualified nurses to join the current paediatric diabetes team.
The successful candidate will be required to work in collaboration with the Diabetes MDT ensuring safe, effective diabetes care to children and young people.
The diabetes team is a well-established service with responsibility for over 500 speciality patients. This is an excellent opportunity to develop clinical, educational and communication skills. It is anticipated induction and training for successful applicants will be required but we hope to attract candidates with a working knowledge of diabetes.
We are looking for initiative-taking individuals who can demonstrate the ability to lone work, trouble shoot and communicate well with the MDT, children and their families
- 1 x Permanent, Part-Time position
- 1 x Fixed-Term, ( 11 months) Part-Time position
The successful candidate will provide specialist nursing advice to a cohort of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support for diabetes.
You will offer support and education in relation to management of diabetes and care in the community including school settings.
You will practice under the direction of the diabetes service lead and the consultant team and work towards achieving agreed levels of competence, skills and knowledge.
The diabetes service uses a range of techniques to ensure and monitor good standards of clinical practice, audit, and teaching. Education consists of a bespoke package of the management of childhood diabetes for children, young people, their families and their carers. This role also involves educating and supporting the clinical teams in inpatient and assessment areas.
Using agreed pathways the successful candidate will support young people through their transitional care to adult diabetes services. It is essential that applicants have regular access to their own vehicle for community visits
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification appropriate to area of speciality
- Recognised mentorship course
- Evidence of completion of/ working towards completion of appropriate identified competencies specific to the speciality.
- To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
- Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
- Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess,plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- Experience in service development Awareness of current research related to the speciality
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Nagina Kausar
Nagina.Kausar@uhb.nhs.uk
07833407827
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9019901
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS - Band 6 Child Branch Specialist Nurse.pdf – 495KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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