Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Honiton Surgery; Honiton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A busy GP practice in Honiton is looking for an experienced diabetes nurse to lead the management of diabetes patients. This role includes delivering nurse-led clinics, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, and supporting colleagues within the practice. The ideal candidate will be proactive, organized, and passionate about patient care, with relevant qualifications and experience in diabetes management. The position is for 19 hours a week, offering a dynamic and rewarding working environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years experience of diabetes management in primary care or a community or hospital setting.
• Experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of managing diabetes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nurse led clinics to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for diabetes.
• Lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services.
• Undertake home visits for patients with diabetes as required.

Skills

Chronic disease management in Diabetes

Excellent communication skills

Problem solving and analytical skills

Ability to work as a team member and autonomously

Education

Registered Nurse

Postgraduate Diploma or Master's level Diabetes Qualification

Nurse Prescriber

Mentor or Teaching Qualification

Job description

Honiton Surgery are looking for an experienced diabetes nurse to join our practice team.

We are looking for someone for 19hrs a week, to lead on the management of our diabetes patients. This would suit someone with experience of working with diabetes patients in a hospital, community or primary care setting.

Main duties of the job

Workingwith the nursing team, as a member of the practice multidisciplinary team, thepost holder will ensure practice diabetes services are delivered effectively tothe our patients.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Delivering nurse led clinics to assess,diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients forpatients presenting with diabetes, pre- diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis.

In collaboration with other members ofthe practice team, lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services,promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care.

Initiate Insulin and GLP1s whereindicated

Provide support and mentorship to othercolleagues within the practice

Contribute to practice targets bothlocal and national, e.g. QOF.

Refer patients to other service/agencies as appropriate.

Promote health and well-being throughthe use of health promotion screening.

About us

We are a very busy, well-established GP practice of 17,749 patients and are located in the market town of Honiton in East Devon. We have 5 GP Partners, 13 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 1 Lead Practice Nurse, plus all the associated teams that incorporate our workforce. We have active participation in PCN development with two other local practices and have a good rating with CQC.

The Partners and Practice Manager are innovative and forward thinking, and always open to continuing the development of future systems that support excellent patient care and staff wellbeing.

We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic individual who is proactive and well organised. They will need to be passionate about delivering high standards of patient care.

The right candidate will require excellent leadership skills to help us move forward in this exciting and challenging time for General Practice. Individuals should be adaptable and able to understand and respond to the diverse and dynamic nature of the role, being able to balance the needs of the practice with the ever-changing challenges of providing healthcare. We look forward to welcoming a highly motivated individual to work alongside our Nursing Team and the Partners in leading our friendly team.

Job responsibilities

The followingare the core responsibilities of the Diabetes Specialist Nurse There may be, onoccasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent uponfactors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. To operate nurse led clinics to assess,diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients forpatients presenting with diabetes, pre- diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis.

b. In collaboration with other members ofthe practice team, lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services,promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care.

c. Initiate Insulin and GLP1s whereindicated

d. Provide support and mentorship to othercolleagues within the practice

e. Contribute to practice targets bothlocal and national, e.g. QOF.

f. Refer patients to other service/agencies as appropriate.

g. Promote health and well-being throughthe use of health promotion screening.

h. Undertake home visits for patients withdiabetes as required.

i. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extantlegislation

j. To ensure clinical codes are used effectively by all members of thenursing team

k. To ensure the appropriate use of chronic disease registers

l. Work to support compliance and adherenceto prescribed treatments by detecting and managing side effects and or adversereactions.

m. To request pathology services and process pathology results asrequired.

n. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient issupported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).

o. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safepractice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

In addition to theprimary responsibilities, the Diabetes Specialist Nurse may be requested to:

a.Participatein local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

b.Supportand participate in shared learning within the practice in order to improvepatient care

c.Continuallyreview clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiativeswhere appropriate

d.Participatein the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structuredapproach, i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)

e.Supportthe practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policiesand protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation

Person Specification

Experience

• 2 years experience of diabetes management in primary care or a community or hospital setting.
• Experience of Chronic Disease Management
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience working a s a practice or community nurse
• Experience of managing diabetes
• Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
• Experience of quality initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Chaperone procedure
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Chronic disease management in Diabetes
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Strong IT skills and competent in clinical IT systems
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management
• Clear, polite telephone manner

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Postgraduate Diploma or Master's level Diabetes Qualification
• Nurse Prescriber
• Mentor or Teaching Qualification

Personal Qualities

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and co-operative
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations

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.