PCN Lead Nurse Diabetes

The Diabetes Times; Pudsey; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

West Leeds Primary Care Network is seeking a prescribing registered nurse with diabetes specialism. This is a diverse role where you would influence and educate staff within the PCN and our member practices, while positively impacting health outcomes for our diabetic population.

You would offer high level advice to clinicians, treat the most complex diabetic patients, initiate insulin, and develop responsive, evidence-based clinical guidance in the out-of-hospital pathway, closely integrated

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with prescribing qualification.
• Diabetes care experience or specialty preferred.
• Ability to educate and train staff across the pathway.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and implement clinical management plans.
• Deliver direct patient care and planned interventions at home.
• Initiate insulin and monitor diabetes care per policy.
• Provide education and training to healthcare professionals across the pathway.
• Collaborate with secondary care to develop innovative clinical practice.
• Manage a caseload in line with PCN policies and standards.
• Promote patient choice and independence.

Job description

Job summary

West Leeds Primary Care Network is looking to recruit a prescribing registered nurse with diabetes specialism. This is a really diverse role whereby you would influence and educate staff within the PCN as well as our member practices, whilst at the same time having a positive impact on the health outcomes for our diabetic population. You would offer high level advice and guidance to other clinicians in our area as well as treating the most complex of our diabetic patients. If you want the opportunity to really showcase your area of specialism in a very meaningful way, this could well be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of clinical management plans.

Deliver direct care to patients including providing personalised planned interventions to support people to remain safe, well and as independent as possible in their own homes.

Initiate insulin and proactively monitor the care of all diabetic patients in line with local and national policy.

Provide education and training to health care professionals across the pathway and developing the focal point for responsive, high quality, evidence based clinical advice in the out of hospital system, closely integrated with secondary care specialities.

Works in partnership with other groups in the development of innovative clinical practice.

Assists in managing a caseload, in line with PCN policies, guidelines and national standards.

Promotes and enables patient choice and independent living.