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Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist – Paediatric Diabetes | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,698 - £65,095 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6400031/259-6400031RLH |
Summary
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to lead the well-established, proactive team based at The Royal London Hospital. The service is networked across our 3 hospitals, Whipps Cross, Newham and The Royal London. You will lead, manage, and work with a team of Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses, whilst working closely with Consultant Paediatricians, Endocrinologists, Dietitians and Clinical psychologists.
The service currently manages over 700 children and young people with diabetes. We offer a specialist service providing expert management of complex type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes in childhood and adolescence, rare forms of monogenic diabetes and neonatal diabetes.
The Lead Nurse will provide clear leadership and management direction across Barts Health Trust contributing to the development of diabetes standards and will participate in the delivery of the highly specialist aspects of paediatric diabetes care with a 50% clinical case load.
We are looking to recruit a dynamic, forward-thinking nurse who has a strong team work ethic, a sense of accountability, leadership and autonomy and be a visionary, maintaining and developing the paediatric diabetes service for the future. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance our team.
The purpose of the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist for Paediatric Diabetes is to provide leadership and oversight for the Children’s Diabetes Services, across the Trust, including Whipps Cross, Newham and The Royal London Hospitals. The post holder will provide professional leadership and co-ordinate the overall managementof the nursing team.The lead nurse will work in clinical practice for 50% of the time and willbe responsible for leading and developing a patient-focused, supportive nursing care service(for children and young people with diabetes) and contributing to the strategic developmentofthepaediatricdiabetes service atBart’sHealthNHSTrust.
The post holder will actively lead on thecontinued development of the Paediatric Diabetes Service at Bart’s Health and work in close conjunctionwith the Multi-disciplinary Team.
The post holder will ensure that the aims and objectives of the Paediatric Diabetes Serviceare delivered and implemented to continually improving the standard of care that childrenand young people receive.The lead nurse will provide the highest level of expert nursingpractice, actingautonomously, toshapeanddevelophighqualityservicesacrossthetrust.
Thepostholderwillpromoteexcellenceinnursingpracticebydeliveringanadvancedlevel of nursing care to children and young people with diabetes, and their families, promoting achildfocusedandfamilycentered approach.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
“We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.”
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jul 2024