Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job overview

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

You will work within 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, Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes and rare forms of monogenic diabetes and neonatal diabetes.

You will work 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 within 2 of the 3 sites. We are looking to recruit a dynamic, forward-thinking nurse who has a strong team work ethic, a sense of accountability, maintaining and developing the paediatric diabetes service for the future.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for children, young people and their families living with Diabetes then we want to hear from you.

Please contact Tapiwa Mannie for any additional information at [email protected] or ring 07808736031.

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Diabetes service will deliver a seamless service and provide the highest level of expert nursing care to children and young people with diabetes, and their families, in line with agreed standards including the National Service Framework for Children and NICE guidelines.

The post holder will assist in the continued development of the Paediatric Diabetes service and work in close conjunction with their Manager and the named Paediatricians for Endocrinology.

The post holder will ensure that the aims and objectives of the Paediatric Diabetes service are delivered and implemented to continually improve the standard of care that children receive.

The post holder will be an advocate for children and young people with diabetes, and their families, promoting child focussed, family centred care and act as a resource for the multi-agency team.

The post holder will have knowledge of the Senior Management Team and the development of the strategic plan for the Paediatric Diabetes service, taking into account the continuous quality improvement programme, to ensure the delivery of an efficient and cost-effective service in line with Best Practice Tariff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.