Diabetes Specialist Nurse/Intermediate Care Education

at  Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Are you experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic diabetes / practice / community or education nurse?
Do you have experience in Diabetes care or are you looking for a new challenge and would like the opportunity to work within this speciality service, in a role which bridges between community and hospital diabetes services, with a focus on education and diabetes technologies?
We are seeking to appoint into a band 6 clinical nurse specialist role for 18.75 hrs per week to support within our intermediate diabetes service. This role supports smooth transition of patients to there own homes and nursing / residential homes that might need access to diabetes technology and education to support this transition.
We are looking for an innovative, ambitious, highly motivated and forward thinking nurse to help us drive improvements within service delivery. The focus will be to deliver high levels of diabetes care to people within west Kent.
We are a friendly team and a team who would support anyone new to our service.
You will act in this role as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to care of people with diabetes; providing education and training in a variety of settings.
To be shortlisted applicants will need to detail in their supporting information how they can demonstrate the essential requirements of the experience and skills section of the personal specification. If a strong background outside of diabetes, please explain how these skills and experience will be transferred into this role
For further information and to arrange a visit, contact Angela Murphy, Lead Diabetes CNS on 07710069359
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s Clinical Induction Programme for Clinical Support Workers (which starts on the first day of employment). The programme is full-time (please contact the CSW Induction Programme Lead if this is going to be problematic: rallen@nhs.net ), lasts for two weeks and will involve travelling to both Trust sites. The programme includes 2 supernumerary shifts in the clinical area (an early and a late shift), all of the other days are classroom-based and run from 9am to 5pm
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: TB

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