Paediatric Diabetes nurseNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Paediatric Nurse to join the London North West Hospital's NHS Trust Paediatric Diabetes Team. The post holder will primarily provide a service for the Paediatric Diabetes Patients in Ealing, Brent and Harrow and cross-site working will be required.

The post requires an enthusiastic paediatric nurse with experience working in with children with diabetes, to deliver a nursing service as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will be required to provide evidence based care and advice for children with Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes, newly diagnosed education, insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring.

Please note this job role includes cross site working across Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals and their community settings.

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The post holder will work closely with other members of the London North West Hospital's NHS Trust Paediatric Diabetes Team based in Ealing and Northwick Park Hospital. Clinical supervision and training opportunities and CPPD will be provided from Diabetes Team and the Trust.

We are a well-established student trainer providing placements and the post will involve supervision of students in the clinical area.

Please be aware we will close the applications earlier than stated if we receive sufficient applications.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to manage a caseload of children and young people with diabetes from diagnosis to transition to adult services. Training and supervision will be provided within the role.

The post holder will be required to work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team and with school and other agencies to support child and family to safely manage diabetes in community settings.

Job description

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

"We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR)."