Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Registered Nurse to support the Integrated Diabetes Service within the London area. The post holder will be responsible for patients allocated to them, delivering care, assessments, planning and professional accountability.

They will organise workload, deputise for the team manager when required, and ensure adherence to Trust protocols. The role emphasises risk management, audit readiness and collaborative working across services to improve patient care.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with current practice status.
• Ability to assess, plan and deliver care within the Integrated Diabetes Service.
• Strong organisational and teamwork skills for workload management.

Responsibilities

• To organise and prioritise own and others workload in day-to-day allocation.
• To deputise in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately.
• To adhere to Trust protocols, especially administration of medicines and moving & handling.
• To maintain accurate records for audit purposes.
• To contribute to risk management and incident reporting at team level.
• To develop an effective team and foster productive relationships across the Trust.
• To promote integrated health professional working both internally and externally.
• To support a positive and collaborative team culture.

Skills

Care planning

Patient assessment

Team coordination

Risk management

Education

NMC registration / RN12

Job description

The post holder will develop and sustain relationships and networks with groups, individuals and agencies within a strategic framework. To act as a source of clinical knowledge and expertise to people with diabetes, their carers, health and other statutory and non-statutory agencies, and to work as part of the Integrated Diabetes Service, in delivering services as directed. The post holder will be a Registered Nurse (RN12-NMC) responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.


• To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately.


• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.


• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.


• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.


• To participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.


• To actively promote integrated health professional working internally and externally.


• To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.