Paediatric Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist
Core
Provide specialist education, clinical advice, and ongoing support to children, young people, and families managing diabetes across outpatient, inpatient, and community settings.
Role type
Senior IC paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist
Builds
Individualised care plans and coordinated diabetes management services for children and young people
Domain
Healthcare / Paediatrics / Diabetes
Required skills
Caseload management, clinical decision making, insulin dose adjustment, pump and CGM management, DKA recognition, teaching program delivery, clinical audit, medicines management, leadership, coaching and mentoring
Preferred skills
Master's degree, line management experience, change management, research application, transition coordination to adult services
Technologies
CGM, insulin pumps, IT systems
Responsibilities
Manage own caseload of children and young people with diabetes, provide specialist education to patients and families, coordinate care across multidisciplinary teams, conduct clinical audits and benchmarking, deliver nurse-led clinics, support professional development of staff
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities