Diabetes Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Diabetes Nurse

RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Lead

ACCOUNTABLE TO: The Partners

PLACE OF WORK: Westbury Group Practice

HOURS OF WORK: Monday – Friday between 08:00am and 20:00pm and Saturday 9am-5pm

Job summary:

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of diabetes nursing services to the practice population. The post holder will be supported by the Clinical Lead Nurse and GP Diabetes Lead within the practice. They will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures and improve our service delivery.

They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice.

The post holder with provide expert advice to patients, carers and colleagues to ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence and provide advice in respect of ongoing care needs. The post holder will need to prioritise care needs of the patients accordingly and request investigations in the appropriate manner and make referrals as required.

The post holder will work within NMC Code of Conduct and will be accountable for their own professional actions within professional guidelines.

Main Duties and Job Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using knowledge, within scope of competence, to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary healthcare services.
• To operate nurse led clinics to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients presenting with diabetes, pre-diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis.
• Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
• Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.
• Undertake pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

· Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care

· Work with other members of the practice team, to plan and deliver diabetes services, promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care.

• Support and mentorship to other colleagues within the practice who are seeing similar patients.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
• Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion screening
• Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
• Develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
• Undertake home visits for patients with diabetes as required

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous computerised records of all consultations and contacts with patients and when appropriate written or printed records.

• Ensure QOF and Arden’s templates are completed accurately.
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit
• Restocking and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms
• Attend and participate in practice/nursing meetings as required
• Attend diabetes team meetings
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.
• If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.

Training and personal development:

• Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals’ responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments in line with NMC Revalidation.
• Participate in an annual appraisal as per the practices appraisals policy
• Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
• Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and work with the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation
• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of the practice team where appropriate.
• If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
• The post holder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.

Confidentiality:

• Will work in line with the practice policy and NMC Code and Revalidation and is bound by the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975.

Health & Safety:

• The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy.
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work area in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards.
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Equality and Diversity:

• The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues:

- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Flexibility:

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties outlined, which may be subject to adjustments at any time in consultation with the post holder and in line with the needs of the practice.

Signed: ……………………………………..

Name: ………………………………………

Date: ………………………………………..

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• Current UK driving licence and insurance

Desirable

• Diploma in diabetes
• GLP1 and Insulin initiation

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 3 years post registration
• Autonomous practitioner with recent experience in managing patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
• Evidence of CPD
• Ability to evaluate safety & effectiveness of own practice

Desirable

• Involvement in mentoring/teaching learners
• Good understanding of General Practice Sector
• Experience in leadership role & change management

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of primary & community health care
• Ability to form management plan for patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes
• Appropriate requesting and subsequent interpretation of investigations and results
• Can autonomously make decisions & management plans
• Clinical leadership skills
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to use IT based clinical record system
• Time management and ability to prioritise workload

Desirable

• Local & national health policy and impact on General Practice
• Use of GP clinical record system, SystmOne

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.

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

The Westbury Group Practice

Address

The White Horse Health Centre

Mane Way

Westbury

Wiltshire

BA13 3FQ

Employer's website

https://www.westburygp.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)