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To work as an autonomous advance practitioner providing diabetes care in both inpatient and outpatients care setting (training will be provided). To work as an autonomous advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert service within the specialist area both inpatient and outpatients. To manage a caseload of patients/clients. To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support. To lead in the development of evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines. To establish clear lines of communication within the speciality team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients. Perform the role of educator to student dieticians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP’s as required.

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 Due to resignation , An exciting opportunity has arisen within the diabetes team. We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our friendly team.

The Diabetes Centre at St George’s University Hospitals is at the forefront of advances in diabetes care and provides a number of specialist services. The team includes the Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs), Diabetes Dieticians, Diabetes Consultants, and our Diabetes foot team. We provide care and support for our in-patient, outpatient, and we are a very established DAFNE and Insulin Pump Centre. We have a joint Obstetric / Diabetes service, Continuous Glucose Monitoring service, and a busy renal and diabetes foot clinic.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• To work as an autonomous advance practitioner providing  diabetes care in both inpatient and outpatients care setting (training will be provided)
• To work as an autonomous advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert service within the specialist area both inpatient and outpatients.
• To manage a caseload of patients/clients
• To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support
• To lead in the development of evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines
• To establish clear lines of communication within the team.
• Perform the role of educator to student dieticians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP’s as required

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.