Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 Starting salary from £35,392 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6230266/432-HR97-24 |
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Medicine division. You will be supporting the delivery of 7 day working for inpatient Diabetes Nurse provision at Colchester Hospital.
The diabetes team work 7 days per week (including weekends and bank holidays) to provide expert diabetes nursing care to inpatients. We have a close working relationship with our community based MDT, supporting GP’s and district nurses. The inpatient diabetes nurse will need to have a working knowledge of the acute management of diabetes in all specialist areas involved.
We are looking for a motivated, forward thinking individual to join our team. If you are passionate about delivering high- quality, seamless care and have proven leadership and clinical skills then this could be the role for you.
Please note , there are two positions available:
• Full time until January 2025
• Full time until June 2025
Internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only.
You will be based within the in-patient setting and have a close working relationships with our out-patient and community based nursing team colleagues.
We offer secondary care services to patients with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as covering specialist areas of Diabetes in pregnancy, Diabetes related renal disease and also have a substantial amount of patients using insulin pump therapy.
You will therefore need to have a working knowledge of the acute management of diabetes in all the specialist areas involved.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024