About this role
Job summary
Jersey Diabetes Team are empowering people with the knowledge, confidence and support they need to live well, while ensuring they receive the right care at the right time. Our Diabetes Specialist Nurses play a pivotal role in improving outcomes, promoting self-management and delivering high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with all types of diabetes.
Main duties of the job
Our diabetic care service supports people at every stage of their diabetes journey, from diagnosis through to long-term management, working closely with primary care, acute services, community teams and multidisciplinary colleagues to provide unified and coordinated care. Education sits at the heart of everything we do, helping patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals develop the skills and understanding needed to support safe and effective diabetes management.
Our two opportunities within our diabetes service provide you the chance to make a meaningful impact while developing specialist expertise within a supportive and highly experienced team.
About us
At Health and Care Jersey, were not just delivering healthcare - were shaping the future of health and wellbeing for over 100,000 Islanders and visitors. Our dedicated team of over 2,000 professionals provides essential care across 30+ diverse departments, offering a wide range of specialist services from acute and emergency care to community and preventative health initiatives.With state-of-the-art facilities like the brand-new Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre and exciting plans to modernise our healthcare infrastructure, this is a great time to join us. Whether you're providing frontline patient care, supporting health initiatives in the community, or contributing to vital mental health and social services, your work will make a meaningful impact on people's lives every day.
Job description Job responsibilities
Diabetes Nursing Opportunities
Making a Difference Across Every Stage of the Diabetes Journey
Jersey Diabetes Team are empowering people with the knowledge, confidence and support they need to live well, while ensuring they receive the right care at the right time. Our Diabetes Specialist Nurses play a pivotal role in improving outcomes, promoting self-management and delivering high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with all types of diabetes.
Our diabetic care service supports people at every stage of their diabetes journey, from diagnosis through to long-term management, working closely with primary care, acute services, community teams and multidisciplinary colleagues to provide unified and coordinated care. Education sits at the heart of everything we do, helping patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals develop the skills and understanding needed to support safe and effective diabetes management.
Our two opportunities within our diabetes service provide you the chance to make a meaningful impact while developing specialist expertise within a supportive and highly experienced team.
Diabetes Specialist Nurse Development Role
Grow your specialist expertise while learning and expanding your skills and build a rewarding career within a highly supportive diabetes team.
Make a difference at the heart of the adult diabetes service, supporting people at every stage of their diabetes journey. Your specialist input will have a genuine impact across a wide spectrum of diabetes care from Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to gestational, secondary and genetic diabetes. From supporting people who are newly diagnosed to those living with complex long-term conditions, you will play an important role in helping individuals gain the confidence and skills needed to successfully manage their health.
The range of this role provides exposure to a diverse range of clinical experiences, working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues across acute, community and primary care settings. Your collaboration with GPs, community teams, dietitians, podiatrists, midwives, district nurses, hospice services and paediatric colleagues will ensure seamless care for patients throughout their lives, including support for young people transitioning from paediatric to adult services.
This developmental position provides a structured pathway into specialist diabetes nursing. We will support your growth through mentorship and professional development, enabling you to expand your clinical knowledge, develop specialist competencies and progress towards independent practice. Development is aligned to the Trend Diabetes Integrated Career and Competency Framework for Adult Diabetes Nursing, with expectation to undertake training both on and off island.
Please contact Sally Hilton for more information - [email protected], or Alex Watt [email protected]
Diabetes Specialist Nurse Inpatient Services
As an experienced Diabetes Inpatient Nurse, you will be committed about improving the safety, experience and outcomes of people living with diabetes during hospital admission.
As an autonomous practitioner, you will lead on specialist diabetes care within Jersey General Hospital, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver evidence-based, person-centred care. From triage, clinical assessment, caseload management, treatment planning to care evaluation and discharge coordination you will ensure patients receive the right support both during admission and following discharge.
Your expertise will play a key role in improving the quality and effectiveness of inpatient diabetes care by reducing avoidable admissions, minimising hospital length of stay and supporting safe discharge planning.
See the impact of your work in shaping clinical guidance that strengthens diabetes care and support a culture of safety and continuous improvement, making a difference every day in peoples life.
Part of this role will include ward and classroom-based teaching (both formally and ad-hoc) to disseminate good practice and improve ward-based care.
For an informal discussion, please email Alex Watt- [email protected] or Sally Hilton [email protected]
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
1st Level Registered Nurse
Desirable
Teaching/Mentorship /Assessment of Learning in Practice or equivalent module / award / qualification Relevant post qualifying speciality award
Experience Essential
2 years post qualifying experience in specialty area
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Health and Community Services
Address Government Of Jersey
Union Street
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 3DN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)