Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Children's Diabetes CNS to join an established team dedicated to managing diabetes in children at Ipswich Hospital. You will provide specialist clinical advice and care to children and young people with diabetes.We are looking for a confident innovative and experienced children's nurse who will be required to work within a multidisciplinary team providing support to acute services. You will need to be a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies.Main duties of the jobThe post holder is responsible for the provision of specialist children's diabetes service by acting autonomously to assess and treat own case load of patients.Develop, facilitate and provide education of specialist knowledge for nursing, medical and paramedical staff through extensive knowledge of diabetes and its management.The post holder will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focus family-centred care and act as a resource for health care professionals involved with these patients.The post holder will support a specialist daily service to in-patients, providing expert nursing interventions, advice and support to children and families.The post holder will support and participate in audit research and advancement of the Diabetes service, assisting with the development of specialist protocols and education package.To work as part of the Paediatric Diabetes team to ensure that criteria for Best Practice Tariff (BPT) are met.About usWe are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8AJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.Person SpecificationExperienceEssentialoProven post registration basic experience of working within a relevant field of diabetesoExperience of working within a multi-disciplinary teamoMentoring / supervision of other professionalsDesirableoManagement experienceoEvidence of change management to improve the patient experienceQualificationsEssentialRGN/RSCN/ RN ChildDiabetes related diploma /recognised qualification (working towards /willingness to complete)Mentorship / teaching equivalentBScDesirableNon-medical PrescribingKnowledgeEssentialoSound clinical knowledge of current issues affecting children with diabetesoClear understanding of and a commitment to clinical governanceDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameEast Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustAddressIpswichHeath RoadIpswichIP4 5PDEmployer's websitehttps://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)