Diabetes Practice Nurse

The Wellbridge Practice; Wareham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in Wareham is seeking a Practice Nurse with a focus on diabetes management for a part-time position of 10 hours per week. The candidate will provide holistic patient care, manage diabetes treatments, and offer health education to patients. Effective communication and NMC registration are essential for this role. Join a dedicated team and help improve the health and wellbeing of patients in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with experience in diabetes care.
• Ability to provide holistic patient-centered care.
• Effective at communicating with patients and healthcare teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support patients with Diabetes.
• Review treatments and provide health education.
• Liaise with the Department of Diabetes as needed.

Skills

Diabetes management

NMC registration

Patient education

Holistic care approach

Effective communication

Job description

Weare looking for a Practice Nurse who has a special interest in Diabetes to joinour friendly and proactive dispensing practice for 10 hours a week.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will deliver safe and effective nursingcare to our patients and working in accordance with the NMC. The post holderwill provide a holistic approach to patient centred care and with a particularinterest and / or experience in managing patients with Diabetes.

You will be responsible for reviewing their treatment,blood test results and providing education and health management to optimisetheir health and wellbeing.

About us

We have an excellent, dedicated and loyal team working from purpose-built premises with a list size of approximately 6000 patients. We use TPP SystmOne. Working with 7 GPs, 3 PN's and 3 HCA's.

Job responsibilities

THE WELLBRIDGE PRACTICE

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: DIABETIC NURSE

REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS/LEAD NURSE (Clinically)

PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS: 10 hours per week

Job Summary:

The post-holder will work with reference to Practice agreed protocols and guidelines to provide diabetic nursing support to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will maintain the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available.

The post holder will liaise where necessary with the Department of Diabetes at Poole General Hospital OR Dorset County Hospital.

Main Duties:

• Management of Patients with Diabetes
• Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals
• Therapeutic Monitoring:
• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities
• Identifying the impact of treatment and implementing or recommending changes as appropriate.
• Attending patients at home if necessary.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development:

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered

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.