Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work autonomously in a fully nurse-led service.

To act as a competent independent nurse prescriber.

To confidently diagnose diabetes/impaired glucose regulation.

To be accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patientcare within the diabetes team.

To confidently prescribe insulin when appropriate and titrate accordingly.

To confidently manage NG feed related hyperglycaemia/steroids induced hyperglycaemia; and initiate insulin as/when appropriate.

To manage the pre-op diabetes clinic, including managing all administrative processes of referrals, waiting lists, documentation, discharges and follow-up letters.

To use specialised/expert knowledge to optimise patients in the outpatient clinic in a limited timeframe, managing both face-to-face and telephone appointments as appropriate.

To act as an expert resource and provide advice about the management of diabetes to health care professionals within the trust.

To have a good understanding and awareness of technology within diabetes, commencing patients on continuous glucose monitoring devices and providing appropriate education and support.

To support patients and staff in managing devices such as insulin pumps and closed-loop systems.

To use advanced clinical experience in diabetes care, as well as theoretical knowledge toprovide a high level of specialist care to people with diabetes.

To teach patients how to manage their medication/insulin and own blood glucose monitoring.

To provide on-going care and information on how to self-manage their chronic disease with a view to reducing long term complications, through altered medication and lifestyle modification.

To provide highly specialised advice about diagnosis and treatment of diabetes to senior colleagues.

To manage a defined patient caseload, working unsupervised and using specialist diabetes nursing skills to assess needs of the person with diabetes, and to plan, implement, document, and evaluate programmes of care. This includes referrals to other diabetes services outside of the Trust.

To implement advice and support at an advanced level, directly to patients or relatives/carers, providing information to those who are newly diagnosed or with longstanding diabetes.

To undertake assessment of patients/groups with complex problems by using clinical, investigative, and analytical skills to make difficult decisions about treatment and management plans.

Provide education and training for all health care professionals in the safe management and care of patients with diabetes in the acute setting.

To provide education for patients and teaching on how to self-manage complex diabetes.

Identify, initiate, develop, coordinate, and participate in new educational initiatives for staff development.

Demonstrate professional leadership and assist in the writing of protocols, policies and guidelines in relation to diabetes in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Postgraduate qualification or Certificate in Diabetes
• oNon-Medical Prescribing
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant years post registration experience as a Specialist nurse at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality.
• Extensive experience working with patients with Diabetes Mellitus
• Extensive experience working autonomously as specialist level.
• Experience of providing patients centred education and support.
• Expert knowledge of current issues surrounding Diabetes including current guidance and best practice
• Expert knowledge of current treatments of Diabetes.
• Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients/relatives/staff members
• Experience in teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Experience in service development.

Desirable

• Understanding of CSII (or willingness to undertake further training)

Skills

Essential

• Ability to manage own clinical caseload.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage/prioritise own workload, supervise and assess junior staff.
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating clarity, diplomacy and influencing skills.
• IT literate.

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• oAble to work flexibly.
• Motivated and enthusiastic

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

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Address

Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital

Liverpool

L14 3PE

Employer's website

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