Clinical Nurse Specialist - Diabetes
Join the Diabetes Nursing team at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust on the Lewisham site. The Diabetes Specialist Nurse will provide evidence‑based clinical advice to healthcare professionals, patients and their carers. The successful applicant will be working within the MDT, providing specialist care, advice and education for various patient groups within diabetes including Type 1, Complex Type 2, Antenatal, Pump and Libre care pathways.
Key Responsibilities
* Co‑ordinate the specialty cares within the Trust.
* Act as an essential member, point of contact and resource for the multi‑disciplinary team and patients and carers with diabetes.
* Carry out diabetes and related diagnostic/therapeutic interventions as an independent practitioner, interpret, write reports and commence further treatment on the basis of the findings.
* Perform diabetes complex therapeutic/investigational procedures under indirect supervision of the Consultant, ensuring they are carried out using safe practice and under agreed guidelines/protocols to achieve the highest standard.
* Demonstrate the ability to develop new skills and provide an expert, high‑quality, nurse‑led service.
* Provide ongoing follow‑up care and support (home visits, telephone support, nurse/midwife‑led clinics, outpatient clinics and outreach clinics).
* Develop the service in a structured interdisciplinary way, initiating ongoing change and progression in the expanding role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist Diabetes.
* Develop interdisciplinary clinical management protocols and work within them.
* Autonomously or in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, manage the care of patients, implementing relevant interventions within agreed clinical protocols and in line with current practice and trends.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those we are here for – the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to advance the following aspirations:
* Improving representation at senior levels for staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
* Improving the experience of staff with disability.
* Improving EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
* Making equalities mainstream.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Contract
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industry: Hospitals
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