Diabetes Specialist Nurse (NHS AfC: Band 7) - Diabetes - Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS F[...]

Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital seeks an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to provide expert diabetes care and education within a clinical setting. You will work in a dedicated team, offering supportive and specialized advice to both diabetic patients and healthcare staff. This role is vital in optimizing patient outcomes and promoting diabetes awareness.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration required.
• Postgraduate qualification in Diabetes preferred.
• Experience in educating and supporting diabetes patients essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist diabetes nursing service for adults with diabetes.
• Manage nurse-led outpatient diabetes pre-operative clinic.
• Educate staff and patients about diabetes management.

Skills

Communication

Autonomy

Clinical Skills

Diabetes Management

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Postgraduate qualification or Certificate in Diabetes

Non-Medical Prescribing

Mentorship/Teaching Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Employer Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital Town Liverpool Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/07/2025 23:59

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision'to bethe best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.

We provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine including adult cystic fibrosis and diagnostic imaging, both in the hospital and out in the community.

We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.

Heart and lung disease continue to be amongst the biggest killers in the UK and the communities we serve are marked by increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease, higher levels of heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease and an ageing population.

Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering thebest carefor our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and facilitated by technology. New and upgraded clinical areas are designed with patients and families fully involved to deliver their needs.

As part of our long term plan, we aim to form strong clinical and organisational relationships where possible. There is clear evidence that partnerships improve patient care and enhance quality and we aim to collaborate with a range of other providers and professionals with the aimto extending access and improve quality.

Our vision is underpinned by five strategic goals:

• Quality:to deliver the highest quality, safest and best experience for patients and their families by providing reliable care
• Service and Innovation:to develop our service portfolio for patients by developing innovative models of care
• Value:to maintain financial viability, enhance service delivery and develop new models of care to improve the health of our patients and safely reduce costs
• Workforce:to be the best NHS Employer by 2019 by attracting and retaining the best staff to deliver excellent patient care
• Stakeholders:to develop productive relationships with key stakeholders in order to enhance our profile and reputation.

Our Mission

“Excellent, Compassionate and Safe care for every patient, every day”

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Diabetes Specialist nurse to join the diabetes team at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. We are seeking someone who is committed to making a difference, is highly motivated and displays excellent communication skills. You will be working with other diabetes nurses and medical staff to provide specialist advice and education for both Type 1 and Complex Type 2 Diabetic cardiothoracic patients. In addition you will provide education for other healthcare professionals within the hospital Trust. The post includes providing clinical excellence and specialist nursing advice within the inpatient and outpatient setting via our pre-operative nurse led clinic.

Main duties of the job

To work within a multidisciplinary team to provide a specialist diabetes nursing service for adults throughout the trust with diabetes, and those at risk of developing diabetes. Delivering treatment, education, and support for patients and their families.

To manage the outpatients Diabetes Pre-operative Clinic (fully nurse-led), providing specialised diabetes treatment to optimise patients pre-operatively in a limited time frame.

Provide education and develop learning programmes for staff throughout the trust.

To be responsible for maintaining and enhancing professional standards of diabetes care.

To act as a specialist diabetes resource for medical and nursing staff and allied health care professionals.

Working for our organisation

As the largest single site specialist heart and chest hospital in the UK, we, at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, have a clear vision 'to be the best cardiothoracic integrated healthcare organisation'.

We provide specialist servicesin cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, respiratory medicine both in the hospital and out in the community.

We serve a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, and increasingly we receive referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services such as aortics.

Our reputation for strong performance is important in delivering the best care for our patients and high quality clinical services. This is underpinned by a culture of research and innovation, delivered in modern estate and our encouragement of flexible working in a variety of forms.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ø To work autonomously in a fully nurse-led service.

Ø To act as a competent independent nurse prescriber.

Ø To confidently diagnose diabetes/impaired glucose regulation.

Ø To be accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care within the diabetes team.

Ø To confidently prescribe insulin when appropriate and titrate accordingly.

Ø To confidently manage NG feed related hyperglycaemia/steroids induced hyperglycaemia; and initiate insulin as/when appropriate.

Ø To manage the pre-op diabetes clinic, including managing all administrative processes of referrals, waiting lists, documentation, discharges and follow-up letters.

Ø To use specialised/expert knowledge to optimise patients in the outpatient clinic in a limited timeframe, managing both face-to-face and telephone appointments as appropriate.

Ø To act as an expert resource and provide advice about the management of diabetes to health care professionals within the trust.

Ø To have a good understanding and awareness of technology within diabetes, commencing patients on continuous glucose monitoring devices and providing appropriate education and support.

Ø To support patients and staff in managing devices such as insulin pumps and closed-loop systems.

Ø To use advanced clinical experience in diabetes care, as well as theoretical knowledge to provide a high level of specialist care to people with diabetes.

Ø To teach patients how to manage their medication/insulin and own blood glucose monitoring.

Ø To provide on-going care and information on how to self-manage their chronic disease with a view to reducing long term complications, through altered medication and lifestyle modification.

Ø To provide highly specialised advice about diagnosis and treatment of diabetes to senior colleagues.

Ø To manage a defined patient caseload, working unsupervised and using specialist diabetes nursing skills to assess needs of the person with diabetes, and to plan, implement, document, and evaluate programmes of care. This includes referrals to other diabetes services outside of the Trust.

Ø To implement advice and support at an advanced level, directly to patients or relatives/carers, providing information to those who are newly diagnosed or with longstanding diabetes.

Ø To undertake assessment of patients/groups with complex problems by using clinical, investigative, and analytical skills to make difficult decisions about treatment and management plans.

Ø Provide education and training for all health care professionals in the safe management and care of patients with diabetes in the acute setting.

Ø To provide education for patients and teaching on how to self-manage complex diabetes.

Ø Identify, initiate, develop, coordinate, and participate in new educational initiatives for staff development.

Ø Demonstrate professional leadership and assist in the writing of protocols, policies and guidelines in relation to diabetes in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Postgraduate qualification or Certificate in Diabetes
• •Non-Medical Prescribing
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant years post registration experience as a Specialist nurse at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality.
• Extensive experience working with patients with Diabetes Mellitus
• Extensive experience working autonomously as specialist level.
• Experience of providing patients centred education and support.
• Expert knowledge of current issues surrounding Diabetes including current guidance and best practice
• Expert knowledge of current treatments of Diabetes.
• Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients/relatives/staff members
• Experience in teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Understanding of CSII (or willingness to undertake further training)

Skills

• Ability to manage own clinical caseload.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage/prioritise own workload, supervise and assess junior staff.
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating clarity, diplomacy and influencing skills.
• IT literate.

Values & Behaviours

• •Able to work flexibly.
• Motivated and enthusiastic

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Therefore, interested applicants are advised to apply as early as possible.

Please review the job description and person specification carefully before applying to ensure that you meet the essential requirements for the post.

All applicants will be contacted and informed by email whether they were successfully shortlisted for interview.

As part of you pre-employment checks we will be required to obtain satisfactory references. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent employer. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

From April 2017 the Government plans to extend the requirement to provide a criminal record certificate to Tier 2 visa applicants coming to work in Education, Healthand Social Care sectors and to their adult dependants.

If you are a Tier 2 visa applicant and you are coming to work in an occupation defined by the relevant Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code, you will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from any country you have lived in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, this is also applicable for your adult dependants.

Employers are expected to implement the Care Certificate for all applicable new starters from April 2015. The Care Certificate aims to equip health and social care support workers with the knowledge and skills which they need to provide safe, compassionate care. We expect all new starters in clinical, patient facing posts (bands 1-4) to complete all 15 standards of the Care Certificate, within their first 6 months with the Trust.

Flexible Working applications will be considered in line the Trusts flexible working policies.

The Trust is a no-smoking site.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications and so urge you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 and 3 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are also not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine whether you would be eligible for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.