Children's Diabetes Clinical Support Worker

at  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within the Nottingham Children’s Diabetes Team.
The successful candidate will join the established service in caring for children with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, steroid induced diabetes and monogenic diabetes.
You will be largely hospital based with a responsibility to see children in the inpatient and outpatient settings, liaise with families, company reps and support patients and families to receive high quality care.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
You will be a clinical and professional role model with a passion for the delivery of high quality care and the support and development of others. You will be an effective team player but also able to plan and organise your own workload and possess excellent communication skills.
You will be working as part of a dynamic forward thinking multi-professional team, offering key opportunities to develop and further your skills within this rapidly expanding speciality.
With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
The successful candidate will work as a clinical support worker within an established multi-professional team caring for children and young people with type 1, type 2, steroid induced and monogenic diabetes.
You will be hospital based supporting inpatient care, providing basic education and support for families. You will also support multi professional clinics and aid the running of the clinics by downloading technologies as well as identifying patients requiring annual reviews.
You will be responsible for maintaining a variety of databases as well as ordering equipment and the monitoring and ordering stock.
We are involved in a variety of research projects and the successful candidate will also be involved in these projects both within the hospital and wider network

Please refer the Job description for details