Job overview

The post holder will work as a member of the Diabetes Nursing Team under the direction of the Consultants to deliver an expert nursing service to patients with Diabetes, from diagnosis until discharge or transition to the adult service.  The post holder will deliver specialist nursing skills, demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and expertise in the autonomous management of children and young people within the diabetes service.  The post holder will ensure that patients and families are educated, informed and supported by providing clinical and social support in relation to their diagnosis.  It will be necessary to work flexibly with a caseload of patients, across both the hospital and community settings for a defined caseload of patients within the diabetes service and to provide symptom advice to other health care professionals and initiate guideline-based therapies.  The post holder will establish clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams . The post holder will contribute to the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines and will participate in audit and quality improvement initiatives.  

The post holder will ensure that patients and their families are educated, informed and supported by providing clinical and social support in relation to their specific diagnosis and treatment plans

Main duties of the job

• It will be necessary to work flexibly across a caseload of patients across both the hospital and community setting for local patients and to provide expert advice to other health care professionals and initiate guidelines based therapies that address acute management issues for diabetes
  
  
• The post holder will contribute to the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines and will participate in audit.
  
  
• The post holder will work across organisational, regional and national boundaries and form good working relationships with colleagues within the regional diabetes network.
  
  
• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

Working for our organisation

• The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion
  
  
• Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve
  
  
• Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH
  
  
• As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology
  
  
• We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community