Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities at our Trust. You will work alongside high calibre staff, many of whom have a national and international reputation for specialist expertise and world-class care, focusing on providing the best services to our patients. Our values are simple; Everyone Matters, Working Together, Making a Difference, and represent our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be.
Bath is a wonderful place to live and work. Our main hospital site is 1.5 miles from the city centre and is served by great transport links including Park & Ride services and the national cycle route 24, 244. Bath offers excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene.
Inpatient Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Band 6
The Inpatient Diabetes Nursing Service (IDSN)) provides nursing advice for patients including their families and care givers within the speciality of Diabetes at diagnosis, on-going treatment and follow up. This includes support, education and surveillance for complications of Diabetes in the acute setting in order to maintain quality of life and independence at all ages wherever possible.
We aim to facilitate and expedite Diabetes management, discharge and follow up care. To reduce bed occupancy for patients with Diabetes, where possible and improve their experience of diabetes care during the admission.
To improve the peri-operative pathway of care for patients with diabetes undergoing elective and emergency surgery.
To prevent admissions to the RUH as practicable.
The service takes referrals from all members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) during an acute phase and liaises closely with primary care to ensure continuity.
The IDSN works seamlessly with community Diabetes Specialist Nurses, physicians, obstetricians, midwives, surgeons, podiatrist dietitians and clinical psychologists to provide:
- In patient care for adults
- Emergency Department including MAU to provide assessment and care planning of all patients with diabetes
- Joint obstetric clinic
- Nurse/midwife led gestational diabetes clinic
- Peri-Operative diabetes clinic
Enquiries: Leon Massey
01225 824198
Equal opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Applications from job seekers needing Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered alongside all applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Skilled worker applicants, applying for entry to the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived continuously/ cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18) are also subject to this requirement.
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Privacy Notice
If offered a position, your information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record database and a local file will be created and retained at the Trust. For further information about how we use your data, please refer to our privacy notice.
Notifications & Communication
All communication is via email/NHS Jobs. Please check these regularly. If you are not contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date (5 weeks for consultants) please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we receive, we cannot provide feedback on application forms.
References
If offered a position, we will request references by email covering the last 3 years of work or study. One referee must be your current/most recent line manager or tutor. Please supply an organisational email address for your referees on your application form.
Disclosure & Barring Service
All posts are subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, as per guidelines set out by the DBS.
Smokefree Site
The RUH is an entirely smokefree site – colleagues, patients and visitors are not permitted to smoke anywhere in our grounds.
Please note, unless specifically agreed with the Recruiting Manager, the Trust does not pay interview expenses.
To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.