Practice Nurse - Diabetes and Chronic Disease

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of the diabetes/chronic disease nurse is to promote the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes and other chronic health conditions enabling them to achieve optimum Glycaemic, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and other key parameters. The nurse role is key to encouraging compliance with medication through informed self-management.

Essential Requirements

Registered Nurse

Diabetes qualification

Experience of running diabetes clinics in a healthcare setting

Good diabetes knowledge with ability to work autonomously in the treatment and management of complex patients, using decision-making skills that reflect a patient focus.

The post holder will work as a member of wider nursing team comprising of practice nurses and health care assistants alongside secondary care colleagues and other agencies managing patients with diabetes

Will liaise on regular basis with GPs, practice nurses & HCAs to assist in the development of the diabetes service.

Will contribute to the co-ordination of care between primary and secondary care diabetes services to ensure high quality of patient care and the continuity of services

Be responsible for maintaining a professional profile at all times.

Act in accordance with local policies and procedures

Conform to the regulations laid down by the Data Protection Act and also respect confidentiality of all staff and patient information.

Ensure the health and safety of staff, patients and visitors, recording and reporting actual or potential problems promptly

Identify actual or potential clinical risks and take appropriate action, using when required the appropriate reporting structures

Demonstrate sound IT skills and be prepared to undergo training to use electronic patient record system

To undertake an annual appraisal to identify organisational and professional objectives and developmental needs.

Clinical

Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery, and to act as a first line contact resource, using specialised knowledge underpinned with experience and theoretical knowledge for diabetes related issues.

Be able to impart complex information, which requires developed communication and reassurance skills in order to empower people with diabetes to self-care, such as starting people on insulin therapy.

To participate in formulating individualised patient treatment care programmes in conjunction with the patient, multidisciplinary team and initiating changes in management of care.

To be responsible for assessing patients diabetes and chronic disease needs, identifying physical, psychological, physiological, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs in relation to their condition and proposed treatment.

Provide a pathway of diabetes/chronic disease nursing care for the patient, referring to secondary care, multidisciplinary teams and voluntary services as required.

To act as a clinical expert in advising patients who present with diabetes related problems and provide clinical advice and support to community based staff and junior members of the team.

To request and interpret diagnostic investigations and inform patients and GPs of results.

To act as the patients advocate when relevant and educate on all the treatment options to enable a patient to make an informed choice.

To ensure patients, carers and health care professionals are given verbal and written information regarding planned care.

To identify vulnerable groups and provide support, care and education to enable them to be self-caring in the management of their condition.

Manage a complex caseload, autonomously in a primary care setting.

Under agreed guidelines, protocols and using non-medical prescribing undertake the initiation and stabilisation of insulin and oral hypoglycaemics agents.

Maintain adequate patient records and ensure all relevant information is documented.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential
• Advanced clinical and diabetic-chronic disease knowledge, current NMC registration with an active pin and relevant nursing degree.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Experience of working in a GP practice

Experience

Essential

• Essential
• Diabetes and chronic disease Nurse with general practice experience.

Desirable

• Desirable
• Prescribing and experience of systm one and primary care setting.

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

Ancora Medical Practice

Address

Ancora Medical Practice

291 Ashby Road

Scunthorpe

DN16 2AB

Employer's website

https://ancoramedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)