Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes
Requirements
Applicants must be a registered adult or child nurse with current UK professional registration, substantial post-registration specialist experience, and evidence of continuing professional development. They should demonstrate expert specialist nursing knowledge, autonomous practice, teaching and supervision experience, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the ability to adapt and communicate effectively.
Job Description
Are you an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse?
Do you have experience in diabetes care or are you looking for a new
challenge and would like the opportunity to work within this specialist service
within acute care?
We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious CNS in Diabetes to join our team.
This role will provide opportunites to work in a busy outpatient setting as well as supporting the MDT in-patient diabetes team.
As a team we will support your own learning and development and provide opprtunites for you to devlop skills within this diverse specilaity.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
You will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to
care of people with diabetes; providing education and training to patients,
carers and families in a variety of settings.
You will be supported to work autonomously and become an independent
prescriber if you are not already.
You will be involved in working closely with the multi-disciplinary care team
acting as a specialist in this field to colleagues and other health care
professionals.
If you think you have what it takes to join a forward thinking, innovative team
committed to the delivery of high quality care then we want to hear from you.
To be shortlisted applicants will need to detail in their supporting information
how they can demonstrate the essential requirements of the experience and
skills section of the person specification.
The post holder will be expected to work Monday-Friday and weekends on a
roster basis.
For further information, to arrange a visit, telephone Rebecca Skelding, Lead CNS Diabetes
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 detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role )
- Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in ( appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
- Recognised mentorship course
- To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
- Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- 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 patients / relatives/ care staff
- 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
Essential
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
- Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
- Ability to act on own initiative
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
Rebecca Skelding
rebecca.skelding@uhb.nhs.uk
01213714523
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1100311-1
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
jdps-nm-band-7-cns QE waf 1100311_Rebecca Skelding .pdf – 465KB 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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