Job responsibilities
Job purpose/summary:
This is a 37.5 hour full time permanent role.
We are looking for a Senior Diabetes Nurse Specialist, or ACP with a
Special Interest in Diabetes, to lead our Diabetes Team at Health and Beyond
this includes supervising Diabetes care provision across all of our sites
including the Primary Care Network (PCN).
You will work with the Diabetes Nurse Specialist to manage our
patients living with Diabetes across all sites also working alongside our
management, clinical and admin teams with a view to improving our patients
health outcomes.
You will be able to provide management, assessment, screening and
education to Diabetic patients running specific clinic sessions and maintaining
robust call and recall systems.
Qualifications
required:
Qualified RGN or ACP registered with the NMC with
at least 4-5 years post registration experience in the field of Diabetes
preferably in Primary Care.
Diabetes Diploma e.g. Warwick Diploma in
Improving Diabetes or similar accredited Diabetes qualification.
Nurse Independent Prescriber (V300)
Qualification in Leadership and Management.
Qualification in Teaching and Assessment in
clinical practice.
Documented Continual Professional Development.
Knowledge:
Extensive knowledge of Diabetes Care.
Management of complex Diabetes and Diabetes
complications.
Up to date knowledge of Diabetes Technology
Knowledge of up to date research in Diabetes
Experience:
Extensive post registration experience working as
a Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Experience of working autonomously
Leadership experience
Skills and ability:
Excellent organisational and clinical skills for
this role.
Ability to teach groups of patients and staff
Ability to
Organising own specialist workload.
Leadership skills
Excellent communication skills
Adaptable and good teamwork.
Excellent IT skills excellent use of WORD,
Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to act as an effective resource and
expert in Diabetes and actively disseminate relevant information to both
medical and nursing staff members within the multidisciplinary team and other
health professionals.
Ensure that the service is provided within the
agreed resource envelope, escalating concerns regarding the Diabetes team
meeting expected outcomes including QOF.
Ability to present Diabetes Team updates/data at
a strategic level.
Personal Qualities:
Flexible
Team Player
Excellent Communicator
Critical Thinking
Excellent Time Management
Problem Solving.
Willingness to continue to learn and develop
professionally and personally
Attention to detail.
Job Responsibilities:
Clinical Nursing Practice
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to
deliver safe and high-quality care.
Lead the Diabetes team to carry out annual reviews
and consultations of patients with Diabetes including medication review and
improve access for this cohort to physical health interventions.
Work with the MDT to support and advise the
practice team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing support
with their Diabetes
Carry out clinical nursing practice at an
advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements &
knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.
Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE
guidelines and evidence-based care
Perform specialist assessment of Diabetic patient
needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and
secondary health care teams as appropriate.
Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives
are involved.
Prescribing and reviewing medication that is
appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based
practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified
practice.
Participate in regular review of prescribing
practice with prescribing mentor.
Manage Diabetic patients care, including drug and
non-drug-based treatment methods, and formulate this into a management plan.
Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols
e.g. blood tests.
Review and treat patients in practice premises,
by telephone, or in their own home who require medical attention/review
and/or refer to appropriate agency.
Refer patients to other members of the
multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other
organisations as necessary.
Care Management
Communicate confidential and sensitive information to patients,
relatives and carers in relation to their condition.
Work closely with colleagues in specialist community Diabetes services
to ensure smooth transitions between teams and services and facilitate an
improved access to evidence-based interventions
Work closely with, and provide day to day support
and guidance to, the Care Co-ordinators and Health Coaches to connect
patients to appropriate community and voluntary sector support.
Oversee and facilitate Diabetic assessments in practice and support
the practice team in accessing appropriate level of services.
Provide highly specialised care advice beyond the scope of normal
Nursing practice e.g. care treatment plans, making referrals as appropriate
(including fast track referrals).
Contribute to local and national practice targets clinical remit e.g.
QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, National benchmarking.
To monitor and meet care outcomes against standards and recommend or
initiate changes as necessary.
Health Improvement
Management of health screening programmes and ensure other team
members are aware of health priorities and screening objectives and programmes.
Innovation in practice to meet ongoing demands on
the practices delivery of care.
Improve health outcomes for patients by introducing new developments,
and can demonstrate them as reports and presentations where appropriate.
Supports practitioners in reporting the practice population to promote
health improvement and disease prevention.
Makes referrals to appropriate agencies (statutory and voluntary)
where necessary
Providing
assessment, screening services, health education advice:
These
may include (but not restricted to);
Diabetic Reviews
Blood pressure check/reviews
Medication Reviews
Administration and professional
responsibilities
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records
of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
Participate in
the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
Accurate and
legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the
patients notes
Ensure clinical
systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details
Ensure
appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any
problems to the practice administrator
Ensure accurate
completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care
and registration with the practice
Lead Diabetes
meetings and participate in practice and nurse meetings as required
Restocking and
maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms as required.
Training and personal development
Maintain up to date skills and
knowledge, maintaining awareness of professional issues at an advanced level.
Training needs
will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice
requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the
practice.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through
self-reflection and peer review, as well as benchmarking and formal
evaluation.
Contribute to the identification and assessment of
learning needs of staff and other professionals and assist in planning
effective programmes of education.
Participate in
the education and training of students of all disciplines and the
introduction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate.
Act as a mentor
for own team members and other staff, assessing competence against set
standards.
Take responsibility for own and teams
development, learning and performance and demonstrate skills and activities
to others who are undertaking similar work and ensure high standards of own
educational commitment always being mindful of professional revalidation
requirements.
Develop and
maintain a Personal Learning Plan.
Regularly participate in clinical supervision.
Leadership
personal and people development
Act as a
clinical leader in the delivery of not only Diabetes but also practice
nursing services ensuring that the needs of the patient are a priority
Support
staff development in order to maximise potential
Actively
promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to
learn from each other and from external good practice
Critically
evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the
area of work
Work with
practice management/Lead Nurse to ensure sufficient staffing to provide a
safe service, and that staff have the appropriate ability, quality and
skill-mix to meet current and future service delivery
Take part
in recruitment processes where appropriate.
Maintain
effective communication and active involvement in the planning and processes
of practice-based commissioning or similar initiatives
Promote the
role of the Senior Diabetes Nurse Specialist in General practice.
