Diabetes Nurse / Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Honiton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development pathway to become a DIABET

Job summary

Honiton Surgery is seeking a registered nurse to lead diabetes services within its practice nursing team. The role focuses on nurse-led diabetes clinics, assessing and treating diabetes or pre-diabetes, initiating insulin and GLP-1s, and supporting colleagues.

Five years’ post-registration experience and an enhanced DBS check are essential, with a development pathway available for nurses new to diabetes care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse.
• Existing diabetes qualification or experience, or a strong motivation to undertake diabetes training.
• Enhanced DBS check and commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Five years' post-registration experience.
• Experience in diabetes management and chronic disease management.
• Practice or community nursing experience.
• Working autonomously and within scope.

Responsibilities

• Run nurse-led clinics to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment for diabetes, pre-diabetes or undifferentiated conditions.
• Lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services with the practice team, promoting integrated pathways of care.
• Initiate insulin and GLP‑1s where indicated.
• Mentor colleagues and delegate clinical tasks within your scope of practice.
• Contribute to local and national targets such as QOF.
• Refer patients to other services and liaise to support vulnerable individuals.
• Promote health and wellbeing through preventive screening and health promotion.
• Deliver treatment room services including immunisations, wound care, cytology and routine checks.
• Undertake home visits for patients with diabetes.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and manage chronic disease registers.
• Detect and manage adverse effects and interactions of prescribed therapies.

Job description

Honiton Surgery, a GP practice of 17,749 patients, is recruiting a registered nurse to lead diabetes services alongside its practice nursing team. Most of the work is nurse-led diabetes clinics, assessing and treating patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes, initiating insulin and GLP-1s, and supporting colleagues. Diabetes is the main focus, though extra hours up to full time may suit a suitably qualified candidate, and nurses without diabetes experience may join a development pathway. Five years' post-registration experience and an enhanced DBS check are essential.

What the job involves

• Run nurse-led clinics to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment for patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis
• Lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services with the practice team, promoting integrated pathways of care
• Initiate insulin and GLP-1s where indicated
• Mentor colleagues and delegate clinical tasks within their scope of practice
• Contribute to local and national practice targets, such as QOF
• Refer patients to other services and agencies and liaise to support vulnerable patients
• Promote health and wellbeing through health promotion screening
• Deliver treatment room services including immunisations, wound care, cytology and routine health checks
• Undertake home visits for patients with diabetes
• Keep accurate clinical records, use clinical codes correctly and manage chronic disease registers
• Detect and manage side effects and adverse reactions to prescribed treatment
• Request pathology tests and process the results

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Existing diabetes qualification or experience, or a strong motivation to undertake diabetes training

Registration & licences

• Evidence to meet nurse revalidation requirements and continuing professional development

Experience

• 5 years' post-registration experience
• Managing diabetes and chronic disease management
• Practice or community nursing
• Working autonomously

Skills & knowledge

• Wound care, suture and staple removal, venepuncture, ECGs and new patient medicals
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel) and chaperoning
• Requesting pathology tests and processing results, advising patients
• Accurate clinical record keeping and working within own scope, referring to GPs when needed
• Understanding of PGDs, clinical policy and evidence-based practice
• Excellent written and oral communication, with strong IT and clinical systems skills

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Occupational Health clearance

Other

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours

Nice to have

• Two years' diabetes management in a primary, community or hospital setting
• Managing elderly and housebound patients
• Quality initiatives experience
• Mentor or teaching qualification
• Nurse prescriber qualification
• Master's level diabetes qualification
• Audit experience, including leading audit programmes
• Clinical governance and clinical risk management knowledge

What’s offered

• Development pathway to become a diabetes nurse for suitably motivated candidates