Job overview

The role is  to provide specialist  nursing for the care of the patient with diabetes, their families and other health care professionals.

This post will enable the applicant to develop their knowledge of diabetes and its management. The applicant will be supported to provide evidenced based care to ensure clinical outcomes that meet the challenging targets for the service.

Main duties of the job

· In conjunction with other members of the Diabetes Team, to provide specialist diabetes care to adults and young people who attend the Diabetes Clinics.

· To assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in both the hospital and outpatient setting and maintain appropriate records for an individual caseload.

· Act as a source of specialist advice on management of diabetes, including the provision of basic dietary advice and the management of acute complications - either face to face or by telephone on a day to day basis.

· To provide individual specialist teaching to patients and carers to facilitate the development of self-care skills and knowledge, at the time of diagnosis.

· To facilitate discharge from hospital for newly diagnosed or pre-existing

Diabetes patients, arranging follow-up in clinic or by telephone as need dictates.

· To establish and maintain effective communication with patients with diabetes in order to facilitate appropriate responses / adaptation to life with a long term condition.

· Adjust insulin doses in liaison with the medical team and the senior clinical nurse specialist.

· To minimise hospital admission by providing advice/information and psychological support by Telephones, particularly during periods of inter current illness.

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org