Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly motivated paediatric nurse to develop their career within the area of childhood and adolescent diabetes.

The role involves supporting the team to provide care and education in the acute and community setting for children young people 0-19 years and their families diagnosed with diabetes. This care pathway starts from admission and diagnosis, to supporting on going care in the home, schools and nurseries.

This is a fixed term post for 9 months to cover maternity leave within the service. The post holder will be an integral member of the paediatric diabetes specialist team, supporting the team to provide care, treatment and education to children young people and their families in the management of diabetes.

You will be part of the transformation in diabetes care and will gain vast experience supporting the team in offering the latest advancing technologies with integrated insulin pump and sensor technology, which a high proportion of the caseload are using.

Working within a small specialist team and as part of the North East and North Cumbria CYP diabetes Network provides an opportunity for close interdisciplinary working relationships as well as building a professional relationship with CYP and their families working within a defined caseload.

The team are on an exciting quality improvement journey and can offer you a rewarding and professional developmental experience in our team for the term of this post.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the paediatric diabetes team, you will be responsible for the delivery of high quality and holistic evidence-based care to children, young people and their families following a diagnosis of diabetes.

To work under the direction of the specialist nurses, supporting a caseload across North Cumbria, based at the Cumberland Infirmary

To be involved in supporting the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of outpatient clinic appointments, working with allied medical staff, dietitians, psychologist and the team administrator.

Supporting follow-up nurse clinics and being involved in the provision of a nurse led integrated insulin pump and glucose monitoring service using the latest diabetes technologies.

To work in partnership with children, young people and their families offering support, emotional and practical support and liaising with other professionals.

To support the children’s diabetes team in achieving all elements of the Best Practice Tariff criteria (BPT) and National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) requirements.

Attendance at the North East and North Cumbria specialist nurse meetings and education days which involves travel to the North East

A comprehensive understanding of safeguarding procedures is required.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

• Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
• If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Important Information

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro – Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: [email protected]

Unlock – Tel: 01634 247350, email [email protected] or complete the online form on the Unlock website

Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2^nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

1. day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Children's Nurse (RSCN RN Child).
• Up to date Registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, first degree or equivalent experience.
• Children and Young people’s diabetes care module- Level 6/7dgeree level module or willingness to undertake specialist courses/training relevant to practice in diabetes for children and young people to support learning in the role.

• Experience or relevant degree level study in a specialist community nursing qualification
• Extended and supplementary Independent Non-Medical Prescribing.

Experience

• Experience with registration in acute paediatric nursing at Band 5 or above.
• Experience of provision of training/education to a range of staff and patients.
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection issues and procedures
• Well-developed, multi-professional working skills.
• Experience of needs assessment/care planning.
• Experience in managing paediatric diabetes in an acute setting or relevant experience.

• Experience of working in a relevant area of practice e.g. attending paediatric diabetes clinics
• Knowledge of insulin delivery and glucose monitoring systems
• Experience working in an acute and community setting.
• Experience managing a caseload

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate with a range of people including staff, other professional and parents/carers.
• Ability to recognise and address barriers to effective communication
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Good IT skills and management of Edexcel spreadsheets /Powerpoint and Microsoft Word.
• Ability to prioritise caseload management and work independently and as a member of a team.
• Effective listening and counselling skills

• Ability to use complex database systems required in the post
• Evidence of research or audit skills

Personal circumstances

• Car Driver/owner essential.
• Self-Motivated and ability to recognise own need for support and supervision

Other requirements

• Act in ways that support equality and value diversity.
• Alignment to trust values and core behaviours
• The post holder will be required to work across the Trust at any time throughout the duration of the contract, which will entail travel and working across two hospital sites when required.