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Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £48,270 - £54,931 per annum, pro rata (Incl. of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 April 2025 |
| Location: | Wokingham, RG41 2RE |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7090721/371-CHS984 |
Summary
INTERNAL ONLY - This post is open to Berkshire Healthcare NHS Employees Only
Are you passionate about diabetes care? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Diabetes Specialist Team based in Wokingham working across Berkshire West.
Why Join Us:
• Be part of a supportive, innovative, and patient-focused team.
• Flexible working opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will provide expert care across various clinical areas, including:
• Managing complex caseload
• Emerging therapies
• Prescribing relevant therapy
• Flash Glucose Monitoring and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGMS)
• Line management and clinical supervision of Band 6 DSNs
• Upskilling primary care HCPs
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
To be considered for this role, you must have:
• Experience in providing specialist-level diabetes care
• Passion and enthusiasm for delivering high-quality diabetes services
• A problem-solving mindset and the ability to implement innovative approaches to patient care
• Ability to work under pressure and lead by example
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact : Asha Mathew on 07809705011 or email: asha.mathew@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Mar 2025
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