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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes

Birmingham On-site 5-10 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 5,570 employees£49k – £57k / year
Diabetes CareIndependent PrescribingClinical NursingPatient AssessmentCare Planning

Requirements

Must be a Registered Nurse on the NMC register with significant experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Band 6 or above. Requires a recognized mentorship course and evidence of post-registration CPD or specialist qualifications.

Job Description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join our team as a part-time 30 hours (4 days per week), permanent Band 7, Clinical Nurse Specialists in Diabetes. This post will be based at Heartlands Hospital, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, however, cross site work and visiting patients at home may be required on occasion.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

We are looking for experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic nurses who have proven experience in the speciality of diabetes.

You will have a major role in delivering excellent diabetes care both to inpatients and outpatients. You will be expected to work autonomously, develop and lead on a specialism within diabetes and be an independent prescriber.

You will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to care of people with diabetes and provide a range of educational and training programmes for the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers.

Support will be given to the post holders to develop their skills, experience and competence in all spheres of diabetes nursing.

For more information or an informal visit please contact Elizabeth Daniel, Lead DSN on 0121 424 1176 or email to elizabeth.daniel2@uhb.nhs.uk

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

Desirable

  • 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

Experience

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

Desirable

  • 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

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
  • Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
  • Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
  • Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
  • Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
  • Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
  • Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Elizabeth Daniel

elizabeth.daniel2@uhb.nhs.uk

01214241176

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-9017753

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

Attachments

Job Description

Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist JD PS .pdf – 503KB Opens in a new window

Education

Bachelor DegreeProfessional CertificatePostgraduate Degree

Skills

Diabetes CareIndependent PrescribingClinical NursingPatient AssessmentCare PlanningClinical AuditMultidisciplinary TeamworkPatient AdvocacyClinical GovernanceSafeguardingTeaching and MentoringCase Load ManagementService DevelopmentChange ManagementCommunication SkillsEvidence-Based Practice

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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