Paediatric Diabetes Nurse
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
The Paediatric Diabetes department is looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual who has a genuine interest in caring for children with diabetes to join the team on a fixed-term basis. Whilst experience in this area would be an advantage, it is not essential as we will offer tailor-made support and training.If you do not fully meet the criteria for this post, we would consider offering a Band 6 developmental role instead to the right candidate.
We are well-established service consisting of two Consultants, two Paediatric Diabetes specialist nurses, a Paediatric Specialist Dietitian and dedicated clerical support. This is primarily a community-based role with aspects of acute hospital care and is based in the hospital.
You will provide specialist paediatric diabetes care management for all children and young people across West Essex and specific areas within East & North Hertfordshire in collaboration with the wider team and multi-disciplinary teams.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and keen to learn, organised and able to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
We are very friendly, hardworking and committed team and informal visits are encouraged.
Main duties of the job- To support the provision of holistic specialist diabetes nursing care in the hospital, home or community setting with the support existing Band 7 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurses/Paediatric Specialist diabetes dietitian and the wider children’s diabetes MDT.
- Provide support and advice to children, young people and their families from diagnosis through to discharge/transition to adult services. (0-19yrs)
- To support CYP in optimising diabetes control using diabetes technology including insulin pumps and Continuous glucose monitoring devices
- Support the implementation of the Paediatric Diabetes Best Practice Tariff and NPDA with the wider Children’s Diabetes MDT team.
- Provide teaching and education to other colleagues within health and from other agencies
- Support and deliver a formal teaching programme for children, young people and their families with the wider multidisciplinary team
- To ensure that all children and young people have individual care plans in conjunction with the multi- disciplinary team.
- To work towards acting as a source of specialist advice for children, young people and families on the nursing care and management of diabetes, including the provision of basic dietary advice and the management of acute complications.
- Work closely across the primary and secondary care providers to establish and maintain best practice for transition in to adult diabetes service.
- Undertake relevant training and professional development to enhance and develop within the role
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for the full job details. This is available to download at any time.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working within paediatric nursing as a Band 6 Registered Sick Children’s Nurse
- Experience of working with children with long-term conditions including families with psychosocial needs
- Experience of caring for children with diabetes
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RN Child or RSCN
- Has undertaken or is willing to undertake a course in the care of children with diabetes
- Degree Level Edcuated
What we can offer you:
- Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
- Free car parking for our staff
- Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
- Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
- Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
- Access to NHS Pension scheme
- Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
- Onsite creche facilities
- Annual appraisals with career pathways
- In-house training courses
- Discounted hospital restaurant
- Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
- Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
- All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
- The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
- Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
- Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn