Job summary Are you a skilled diabetes nurse looking for a new challenge? As the Specialist Diabetes Nurse within the community diabetes team, you will work alongside the Specialist Diabetes Dietitian to provide leadership to our friendly and supportive team of nurses, dietitians, nutritionists and administrators who together deliver care to people with complex type 2 diabetes. Working across the county of Gloucestershire, you will deliver care to people within their own homes and in clinic settings, helping people with diabetes to feel empowered to effectively self-manage their condition. You will also work closely with colleagues across the healthcare system, helping to develop integrated pathways for care and enhancing skills in diabetes management across the workforce If you are passionate about improving outcomes for people living with diabetes, developing services and leading others we would love to hear from you! Main duties of the job To work effectively as a member of the MDT, which includes consultants, diabetes specialist nurses and dietitians, nutritionists, primary care colleagues, community teams and medical staff to improve outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. To provide highly specialist advice on diabetes management to enable the delivery of evidence-based diabetes care. To contribute to MDT clinics in primary and secondary care. Provide joint practice-based clinic sessions to optimise diabetes treatment care planning and prescribing decisions for complex patients within primary care. To support the development of integrated pathway working across organisational boundaries. To share expertise in diabetes management within the diabetes team, organisation and wider local healthcare system. To provide clinical leadership and line management to nurses in the diabetes team. To work collaboratively with system colleagues to develop and update local strategy, guidelines and protocols for the management of type two diabetes in Gloucestershire, which will impact on the practice of other teams. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. About us We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust. Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that: 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%. This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys. Job description Job responsibilities We provide aMulti-professionalpreceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogrammewe also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 creditvalidatedmodule Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026). Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which issimilar toa preceptorship programme. Please see attached document for full job description and person specification. Informal contact is welcomed to learn more about the role. The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas Job description Job responsibilities We provide aMulti-professionalpreceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogrammewe also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 creditvalidatedmodule Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026). Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which issimilar toa preceptorship programme. Please see attached document for full job description and person specification. Informal contact is welcomed to learn more about the role. The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Nurse with NMC registration Masters level learning in diabetes Postgraduate level learning in diabetes Desirable Non-medical prescriber Teaching and Learning qualification Experience Essential Experience of delivering care to people with diabetes Experience of leading change/ using quality improvement techniques Experience of delivering care to people with long term conditions Venepuncture Experience of MDT working Experience of supporting people to make decisions, planning care or making positive changes. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Nurse with NMC registration Masters level learning in diabetes Postgraduate level learning in diabetes Desirable Non-medical prescriber Teaching and Learning qualification Experience Essential Experience of delivering care to people with diabetes Experience of leading change/ using quality improvement techniques Experience of delivering care to people with long term conditions Venepuncture Experience of MDT working Experience of supporting people to make decisions, planning care or making positive changes. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Address Southgate Moorings Kimbrose Way Gloucester GL1 2DB United Kingdom Employer's website