Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse

at  Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This role is only open to applicants that currently work within an NHS Trust within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).
A fabulous opportunity to innovate within diabetes healthcare, in a newly developed position, leading and developing the diabetes specialist nursing team in providing gold standard care across multiple sites.
You will join a Multidisciplinary team consisting of Nursing staff, medial Staff, Dieticians, Psychology and Administrators as well as operational support, who provide both inpatient and outpatient care with the patient at the heart of the service.
In partnership with the multidisciplinary team the post holder will lead and develop the provision of a specialist nursing service, delivering high quality clinical care
To develop and manage the HHFT secondary care diabetes specialist insulin pump service
Ensuring adequate and safe provision of diabetes insulin pump services that meet client need statutory requirements and professional responsibilities, including challenging and addressing poor performance and practice.
The post holder will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers Overall managerial responsibility for a defined service of Clinical Nurse Specialists / Specialist Practitioners.
Responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
The post holder will practice autonomously within their defined specialty to provide patient centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached

Please refer the Job description for details