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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse to manage the community Diabetes service. The community Diabetes Nursing team provide a community based specialist service for adults living with diabetes. 

The successful candidate will share our commitment to patient centred care. They will be highly experienced, with advanced skills in managing complex diabetes patients in a variety of settings. The post holder will manage a team of Diabetes Specialist Nurses to sucessfully deliver a specialist service to adults living with diabetes. 

They will be able to make autonomous, evidence-based decisions and lead by example to educate and support colleagues in primary and secondary care. 

The post holder will work to proactively manage, coordinate and support an identified caseload of patients with diabetes. This will include patient and carer education, annual health checks and oversight of medication management.

The candidate will be an accessible and responsive team member with clinical responsibility for a defined patient group, able to make informed decisions within their own area and scope of professional practice to ensure agreed standards, objectives and targets are met.

Main duties of the job

• To manage the multidisciplinary team of practitioners and the service administration support, in a defined area. 
• To provide operational leadership for the service.
• To take the lead responsibility for the provision of high-quality care in the service to the local community in accordance with departmental guidelines. 
• To provide clinical leadership, taking the lead on specific professional initiatives in collaboration with other Diabetes team members. 
• To be responsible for service development, particularly to develop integrated working and to develop improved patient pathways across primary / secondary care services. 
• To be responsible for the effective use of the budget for this service area including the procurement of appropriate equipment and supplies. To be responsible for the purchase, protection, maintenance and repair of equipment and medical devices, including IT. Budgetary signatory for: equipment, supplies, agency & bank staff, staff expenses, etc. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.