Primary Care Network Diabetes Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 13 June 2025
Job summary
The post holder will be employed by Greenwich Health the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 7 primary care networks (PCNS) with list sizes of between 30-80,000 patients. The Post holder will work for Riverview Health Primary Care Network. The post holder will join an existing Diabetes Specialist Nurse and GP Assistant who support specialist diabetes management in an area of the borough with a high prevalence for diabetes.
The post holder will provide diabetic care to improve the health and well-being of the practices diabetic patients.
Main duties of the job
- To work autonomously in the provision of high-quality specialist, evidence-based care for people with diabetes, from diagnosis to long-term management
- To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
- To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved.
- To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas.
- To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives.
- To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
- To work with the existing diabetes specialist nurse on the various workstreams created for the PCN.
- To work with the PCN to monitor progress and performance against three treatment targets.
- To support the upskilling of the practice staff to raise the standards of general diabetes care and awareness across the patch.
- Engage in different initiatives to engage patients including patient education sessions and group consultations.
About us
Greenwich Health is committed to providing quality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practice and delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to the Greenwich Population.
Details
Date posted
13 May 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£53,500 to £60,216 a year Band 7 Nurse Role
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
U0055-25-0028
Job locations
25 John Wilson Street
London
SE18 6PZ
Employer details
Employer name
Greenwich Health Ltd
Address
25 John Wilson Street
London
SE18 6PZ
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Terissa Cully
