Staff Nurse - Specialist Medicine (Diabetes)

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Job Overview

Like making a difference? Looking for a new challenge? Come and join our amazing team?

Amazing opportunities have arisen for newly-qualified and experienced staff nurses wanting to develop their skills and knowledge in Diabetes and Endocrinology Medicine.

Rawcliffe has a friendly warm atmosphere. We have an established nursing team who strive to provide an excellent standard of care to all patients. The team are constantly optimizing the services in accordance to our patient requirements and welcome applications from dynamic individuals with strong interpersonal skills that will look forward to the challenges of nursing. We love making a difference and working together as a close family to gain the rewards of making a patients journey enjoyable and successful.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals example: personal hygiene and comfort, vital signs and EWS, early recognition and management of acutely ill patients, safe transportation, last offices, fluid balance monitoring, enteral feeding/ meeting nutritional needs, ECG, wound dressings, removal of sutures/clips, catheterisation, venepuncture, cannulation, blood transfusion, palliative and terminal care, care of central lines, admission and discharge, nasogastric tube insertion & care, care of epidural and IV infusion pumps, psychological and spiritual support

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are and how we behave.

• Caring and compassionate. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
• Recognising individuality. We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
• Seeking to involve. We will always involve you in making decisions about your care and treatment, and are always open and honest.
• Team working. We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
• Taking personal responsibility. We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of

Staff Nurse - Specialist Medicine (Diabetes)

NHS AfC: Band 5

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

As an individual, you will need to be able to maintain a focus on patients at all times, and provide a motivated attitude. Lancashire teaching Hospitals trust is one of the largest trusts within the north west of England. We are a trust that delivers award winning teaching and development pathways, we lead international clinical trials and research studies in order to give excellent care with compassion. This will enable you to have an unparalleled opportunity to learn, grow and flourish in supportive and innovative environment, whilst also working with some of the UKs leading health experts.

If you have a passion for Diabetes and Endocrinology medicine, then this is the job for you. This is a great opportunity to broaden your skills and knowledge and gain experience within a specialised treatment.

Our Ward Manager Julie Atkinson would absolutely love you to get in touch to have an informal chat about the role, but better still would like to invite you to come along to the ward on to see what it’s like for yourself. To arrange a chat or come and have a visit, please email Julie.Atkinson@lthtr.nhs.uk and she will make sure you get all the details.

As we want to get the ball rolling as soon as possible, we will arrange interviews as and when people apply rather than wait for the closing date, so don’t delay – get your applications in today! We look forward to welcoming you to Rawcliffe Ward really soon.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

• Appropriate NMC registration
• Diploma in Nursing
• NMC recognised mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards 18 months commencement in post
• Evidence of continuing education or development

Desirable criteria

• Degree

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Willing to expand clinical role e.g. IV additives, venepuncture and cannulation
• Awareness of changes within Nursing practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance and the relevance to practice
• Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
• Demonstrates competency during internship

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality e.g. surgery
• Knowledge of leadership and management
• Research and development
• Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs