Job summary
'An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Adult Diabetes Specialist Service in the Telford and Wrekin area of the county in the provision of care in the community.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, to join a dedicated, supportive and inclusive team to work in our busy, professional and dynamic service. You should possess commitment to autonomous practice , interdisciplinary team working, structured education and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. You will be able to demonstrate a real enthusiasm for community Diabetes Specialist Nursing, as well as a desire for on-going professional development.
Ability to travel independently to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.'
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To have a clear understanding of the vision of the Trust and be able to translate this into a local context for operational implementation within the Diabetes SpecialistNursing Service within your defined locality area.
- To assist the Service Manager in promoting the vision and contributing to the establishment of an ethos of modern, customer orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user delivery in Locality setting.
- To work with the Diabetes Specialist Nurses & Service Manager and other team leaders/managers within the county to proactively support the development and redesign of care pathways embracing the concept of care closer to home and expanding/enhancing multi-disciplinary/multi agency working for people with diabetes.
- To assess, plan and implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with complexneeds for their Diabetes management.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person Specification
Qualifacations
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Recognised Diabetes Qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Evidence of continual professional development and education
- Highly developed specialist knowledge achieved through First Level Degree or equivalent portfolio of evidence
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Diabetes nursing experience
- Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients
- Assessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs
- Participation in service development and the implementation of change
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to clients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
- Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
- Ability to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions and prioritise workload
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- IT skills and willingness to advance
- Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding practice, policy an guidance including statutory frameworks
- Lone worker risks- the ability to assess risk to maintain personal safety in a variety of settings
- Advanced training & utilisation skills in therapeutic/diagnosis procedures & equipment relevant to diabetes
- Ability to effect and manage change
- Knowledge of diabetes NSF, DH & NICE guidelines & their impact on strategic service developments, patient outcomes and clinical practice
Emotional Effort
Essential
- An ability to work independently
- An ability to show commitment to team working
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
- Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
Mental and physical effort
Essential
- Ability to manage unpredictable work schedule and geographical considerations to meet service demands
- Ability to meet physical demands of the post including manual handling of clinical equipment.
Requirements due to working environment
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
- Ability to manage unpredictable work schedule and geographical considerations to meet service demands.
Person Specification
Qualifacations
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Recognised Diabetes Qualification
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Evidence of continual professional development and education
- Highly developed specialist knowledge achieved through First Level Degree or equivalent portfolio of evidence
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Diabetes nursing experience
- Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients
- Assessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs
- Participation in service development and the implementation of change
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to clients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
- Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
- Ability to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions and prioritise workload
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- IT skills and willingness to advance
- Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding practice, policy an guidance including statutory frameworks
- Lone worker risks- the ability to assess risk to maintain personal safety in a variety of settings
- Advanced training & utilisation skills in therapeutic/diagnosis procedures & equipment relevant to diabetes
- Ability to effect and manage change
- Knowledge of diabetes NSF, DH & NICE guidelines & their impact on strategic service developments, patient outcomes and clinical practice
Emotional Effort
Essential
- An ability to work independently
- An ability to show commitment to team working
- Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others
- Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
- Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
Mental and physical effort
Essential
- Ability to manage unpredictable work schedule and geographical considerations to meet service demands
- Ability to meet physical demands of the post including manual handling of clinical equipment.
Requirements due to working environment
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
- Ability to manage unpredictable work schedule and geographical considerations to meet service demands.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
