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Job overview

An exciting 12 month secondment (to cover maternity leave) has arisen to offer a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nursing role specialising in Type 3C (pancreatic) diabetes, Islet and Pancreas transplantation. This is a unique opportunity for personal and professional development enhancing the knowledge and clinical skills in both the Trust and community in this new field of diabetes.

The successful candidate will be part of a highly skilled team who are extremely passionate in this area. The role entails supporting patients living with complex diabetes which include;

• Type 3C diabetes
• Pancreatic cancer
• Total pancreatectomy
• Other pancreatectomies
• Total pancreatectomy and Islet Auto Transplantation (TPIAT)
• Pancreatitis
• Other causes of type 3C diabetes
• Allogenic islet transplantation

• Interview Date Thursday, 23 May 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

• Working within the transplant team to assess these patients prior to being listed for transplant.
• Supporting them through the transplant process and post-transplant insulin titration
• Providing education
• Pancreas transplantation
• Working with in the multi-disciplinary teams including; surgeons and nephrologists
• Supporting them through transplant process and post-transplant where needed
• Attending outreach clinics

This role involves a lot of education within the team and outer areas. Providing education to patients on a daily basis.

Working within a multitude of MDTs across all 3 main sites in Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital Trusts. The candidate will work closely with a number of consultants within the diabetes and transplant service who also provide great support.

The candidate needs to able to manage their own caseload, deliver training and work within a group setting. They must be flexible, have great time management skills and be confident within their role.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.