Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse in Windsor

An exciting fixed-term maternity-cover opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Specialist Community Diabetes Nursing Team. Based at the Diabetes Centre at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, you will provide expert, evidence-based care for people with diabetes across East Berkshire, working both independently and as part of the multidisciplinary team.

The role has a particular focus on specialist antenatal diabetes care and supporting the hybrid closed-loop insulin pump service. You will care for women and pregnant people with pre-existing or gestational diabetes throughout the antenatal pathway, working closely with maternity colleagues, and support people using insulin pump therapy through assessment, initiation, optimisation, interpretation of glucose and pump data, troubleshooting and ongoing review.

You will deliver individualised education on insulin pumps and hybrid closed-loop systems, including safe system use, carbohydrate counting, sick-day management and responding to glucose data. You will also contribute to wider specialist diabetes provision, community services and Primary Care support as required.

Training, supervision and competency development will be provided to help you develop expertise in antenatal diabetes and pump therapy while maintaining broader specialist diabetes nursing skills. A Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist antenatal diabetes care for women and pregnant people with pre-existing or gestational diabetes, working closely with maternity and multidisciplinary colleagues throughout the antenatal pathway.
• Support insulin pump therapy, including hybrid closed-loop systems, through suitability assessment, initiation, optimisation, interpretation of glucose and pump data, troubleshooting and ongoing review.
• Deliver structured and individualised education for patients and carers on safe system use, carbohydrate counting, sick-day management and responding to glucose data.
• Work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team across the Diabetes Centre, community services and Primary Care, providing specialist advice and support to healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to wider specialist diabetes care, integrated service development, quality improvement, audit, education and the professional development of colleagues.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and significant post-registration experience in diabetes care, including specialist diabetes nursing practice.
• Strong knowledge of insulin therapies, diabetes technology and evidence-based practice, with experience of autonomously assessing and managing people with complex diabetes needs.
• Excellent communication, teaching and multidisciplinary working skills, with the ability to support patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• An interest in developing advanced expertise in antenatal diabetes and hybrid closed-loop insulin pump therapy; relevant training, supervision and competency development will be supported.
• A Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is desirable, together with the ability to travel across East Berkshire to deliver community-based services when required.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites.

Values and Culture

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Contact Information

Please don’t hesitate to call: Joseph Draper-Took on 0118 904 3250 or email: Joseph.DraperTook@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.