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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9006
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury District Hospital
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Diabetes Advanced Specialist Nurse

Band 7

 


Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes inpatient nursing team.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and committed Diabetes Advanced Specialist Nurse with a passion for improving the experience and clinical outcomes of our patients, and who inspires others to provide excellent patient care.

We are looking for a nurse who has experience of working autonomously, supporting patients with a variety of diabetes treatments,  and playing a key role in education of other healthcare professionals. 

Main duties of the job

  • To act as an autonomous practitioner within the diabetes setting.
    To provide evidence-based specialist diabetes care to adult inpatients across the Trust.
  • Supporting patients with a variety of different types of diabetes and varying treatments, to include new technologies and their management.
  • Providing support and education to patients and their families re diabetes and the appropriate management.
  • Using complex decision making in the assessment of new patients, making a diagnosis and an appropriate treatment plan for the individual. Provide appropriate support directly post discharge, transferring care to other appropriate service for ongoing diabetes care.
  • To provide expert knowledge to all staff groups in the management of complex patient cases, to include D.K.A./ H.H.S.
  • To work closely with the existing team in the delivery of education to a variety of staff groups, aiming to minimise risk and prevent harm to patients whilst in hospital.

The service is delivered Monday to Friday, 07.00 to 18.30. Bank holiday working is expected as part of the team role. This role will become part of a 7 day per week service in the future.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • First level registered nurse.
  • Advanced diploma or degree in Nursing
  • Independent non-medical prescriber (or working towards)
  • NMC Pin

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 2 years post registration experience at band 6 level or equivalent
  • Evidence of on-going personal and professional development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024People Promise

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephen Nobbs
Job title
Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 425175
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