Diabetes Specialist Nurse

South Wales / Cardiff

£45,000 plus bonus

Full or Part Time Permanent

We are putting together a nationwide team of Diabetes Specialist Nurse Advisors to work in primary care across the country. We currently have opportunities in: Essex, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire, North West London, Peterborough / Cambridgeshire, Slough, South Wales, and Watford.

If you are not based in the locations listed above please still apply as we are actively looking for Diabetes Specialist Nurses across the country and will have more roles available in the coming weeks/months.

You will be committed to delivering the highest quality care to improve patient outcomes, in line with local and national Diabetes guidelines (NG28).

Working in a pro-active manner, you will be identifying sub-optimally controlled patients with Type 2 diabetes, optimising their oral therapy, conducting point of care testing and referring for specialist insulin treatment where necessary, whilst exercising corporate nursing responsibilities.

Contract: Full time - part time considered, 4 days per week minimum

Salary: Around £45,000 annual salary + package (below)

• Annual bonus incentive scheme (worth up to 10% of annual salary)
• Car allowance or company car (depending on contract) + fuel card for business miles
• Company pension, including salary sacrifice
• Private medical insurance
• NMC/RCN fees
• Monthly broadband contribution
• Daily lunch allowance when in practice
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (increasing after 5 years service) - pro rata for part time
• Laptop and mobile phone provided

Standard working day would be 8.30-5.30, but this would dependant on the travel to the practice location. We would advise as a rule, a 6 hour clinic plus travel to and from the practice. The maximum travel we would advise would be 2 hours to reach the clinic location.

Essential

• Diabetes diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years experience (post registration) managing diabetes within primary care
• Knowledgeable and confident in the provision of education, support and advice to people with Type 2 Diabetes
• Skills and knowledge in the optimisation of oral hypoglycaemics
• Full driving licence
• Current NMC registration
• IT literacy, to include primary care systems

Benefits

• Annual bonus incentive scheme
• Car allowance
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Daily lunch allowance when in practice
• NMC/RCN fees reimbursed
• Monthly broadband contribution
• Nurse Progression Pathway for career development
• Company events
• Company sick pay

For more information or to apply for this Diabetes Nurse Specialist role South Wales / Cardiff please contact Chloe at Connect Care Recruitment.

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