Band 8B Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse/Dietitian
| Posting date: | 03 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £70,387.00 to £80,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £70387.00 - £80465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9391-25-1073 |
Summary
Main Duties: To line manage and lead Diabetes nursing and dietitian services across the trust and to support integrated care teams with specialist advice To enhance joint working between hospital and community to enable patients to access their care seamlessly close to home from diagnosis to lifelong management To provide expert autonomous nursing care, advice and support to diabetes patients providing advanced assessment, complex clinical decision making, diagnosis and treatment including non-medical prescribing for patients referred To manage patients appropriately through the specialist patient pathways supporting inpatient services, outpatient and telephone clinics and MDT review To undertake nurse/dietitian led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating clinics and services including complex Type 1 and 2 Diabetic patients, ante-natal, renal, foot, transition and initiation of pump therapy clinics To take responsibility for own evidence based practice To develop and work inside clear advance practice policies and evidence based guidelines to support the service To lead the multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist education and advice to patients ensuring provision of NICE recommended structured education to support safe diabetes care and self-management programmes. To assist in the development of standards of care for diabetes care across the trust with a specific focus on education and teaching for healthcare professionals and to act as an expert nursing resource To provide formal training to other health care professionals on diabetes care across the trust and in primary care To manage patients appropriately across the patient pathway ensuring an efficient and cost effective model to improve patient experience and lifelong management To work alongside the diabetes and endocrine leadership team in ensuring world class care standards, governance, education, training and support for service delivery across the whole diabetes pathway to meet local needs. To act as a visible role model and expert practitioner, to provide line management and professional leadership to clinical nurse specialists within speciality To support the advancement of nursing and dietitian practice. To participate in and chair the trust-wide advanced practice specialist groups.