Diabetes/Health Educator

NHS; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic healthcare company located in Gateshead is seeking a passionate Diabetes/Health Educator to deliver the Empower diabetes education programme. This role includes both face-to-face and virtual sessions, offering flexibility and job satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have experience in health education, clinical knowledge of diabetes, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering health education.
• Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of diabetes.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the EMPOWER programme to patients living with diabetes.
• Ensure compliance with all Spirit policies and procedures.
• Introduce and cover each topic following the curriculum closely.

Skills

Experience of delivering health education

Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of diabetes

Excellent teamwork and communication skills

Job description

This is an amazing opportunity to join our Empower education team within Spirit Healthcare. We are a growing family of healthcare companies, looking for passionate educators to help transform diabetes care an education across the UK.

If you are driven by purpose and innovation - come and join us!

Main duties of the job

As a Diabetes/Health Educator, you will play a vital role in delivering our Empower structured diabetes education programme to patients in and across the UK. You will beliver both face to face and virtual sessions, with some evening evening and weekend availability required. In return we offer flexibility and work satifaction. What you will do is:

• Deliver the EMPOWER programme to patients living with diabetes.
• Deliver sessions in line with our curriculum, standards, educator handbook, lesson plan and service(s) Operating Manual.
• Provide compassionate support to help patients achieve long-term lifestyle changes.
• Ensure compliance with all Spirit policies and procedures.

Afull job description is available.

About us

At Spirit Health Group, we do things differently. Were a dynamic family of healthcare companies that simplify, innovate, and inspire putting people and patients at the heart of everything we do.

Our values Brilliance, Vigour, and Family shape how we work, support each other, and deliver care. We're proud to be recognised by Best Companies for our outstanding culture and impact since 2021. Our people are pivotal in:

• Saving the NHS millions of pounds with a rapidly growing range of cost-effective healthcare products and devices.
• Implementing medicines optimisation and prescribing programmes, brilliantly
• Building innovative digital remote monitoring solutions for people with long-term health conditions.
• Providing patients with high-quality education services.
• Dispensing NHS prescriptions through our friendly pharmacy that has a passion for diabetes.

Our massive growth plans will help us save the NHS £100 million and touch the lives of millions more patients.

Job responsibilities

What are the results and outcomes this role is to achieve?

• The post holder undertakes training and passes competence assessment to deliver diabetes education
• Diabetes education is delivered in an inclusive and interactive manner which allows for questions and discussion on the topics covered
• Delivery of education is patient centred and allows for a variety of learning styles to support cognitive learning
• The educator introduces and covers each topic following the curriculum closely
• Educators reflect on the session, identify what went well, what went less well and what changes could be made.

Any reasonable duties shall be undertaken to achieve the above.

What performance measures are necessary to measure the above?

• Undertake a structured training programme and pass a competency assessment to enable delivery of the course following the curriculum
• Annual observation and reaccreditation process
• Achieve a consistently high patient feedback score
• Delivery of interactive structured diabetes education programmes in accordance with the set curriculum and lesson plan
• Use a range of sound teaching and learning techniques to improve participants ability to self manage their diabetes
• Ensure the course is delivered using the most up to date programme content
• Understand the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administ
• Ensure all paperwork is completed, eg, attendance sheet, quality of live questionnaires, goal setting ad action plans and satisfaction surveys

Specific Skills/Competencies/Qualifications/Person Specification

• Experience of delivering health education
• Sound clinical knowledge and understanding of diabetes
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills

This document is current at the date of signature. However, amendments may be made from time to time to meet business requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Clinical knowledge and understanding of diabetes.

Experience

• Experience of delivering health education.

Skills and Competencies

• Excellent teamwork and communication skills

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.

Employer name

Spirit Health Group Limited

Address

Northumberland, North Tyneside and Gateshead

Northumberland, North Tyneside and Gateshead