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An exciting opportunity has arisen to undertake a lead role of Diabetes Specialist Nurse in a secondary care inpatient / outpatient service. The post requires a motivated individual to work 37.5 hours a week within the diabetes team employed by NNUH

To provide clinical leadership and expertise in the diabetes speciality by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team. To participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient’s care pathway. To be pivotal in review and development of the diabetes service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.

To liaise closely with the health care teams of inpatient wards, outpatient department and primary care, including Consultant Physicians and GP’s. To demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of the speciality, exercising clinical leadership and effective education within their sphere of practice. To monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research.
• To lead on the delivery of inpatient / outpatient Diabetes Specialist Nursing care within the hospital, providing clinical leadership and support, development of nurse led protocols / guidelines and nurse led initiatives
• To develop and lead in the collection of relevant audit data to facilitate quality improvement, service development and national requirement
• Provide essential education for patients with Diabetes

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• To lead in the delivery of Diabetes Specialist Nursing care across the inpatient and outpatient setting ensuring that relevant audit data is collected to facilitate quality improvement, service development and national requirement.
• To operate autonomously at an advanced level of clinical practice providing research based expert care and advice to all colleagues and managing a caseload effectively, making the most of available time.
• To work seamlessly within the multidisciplinary team, providing a service for patients with all forms of diabetes, antenatal diabetes and Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Technologies providing holistic care and support.
• To undertake face to face and virtual nurse led clinics, providing expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients their families and carers.
• To be able to analyse data / utilise current technologies such as CGM, Flash Glucose Monitoring, Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion technologies to assist in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients.
• To accept referrals from medical/nursing staff within the Trust, of newly diagnosed and existing patients.
• To ensure that patients are seen within the recommended time scales and targets where these are in place.
• To utilise specialist, skills, underpinned by in depth theoretical knowledge, to facilitate the assessment, planning and implementation of individualised programmes of care for patients presenting with a specialist condition and to evaluate their programmes of care.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.




This advert closes on Friday 7 Mar 2025