Primary Care Network Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to provide expert care and management for patients with diabetes. The role involves promoting self-care, clinical governance, and collaborating with various healthcare professionals to enhance diabetes care across the community. This Band 7 position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing diabetes and previous experience in primary care.
• Experience in clinical audit, evaluation research, and evidence-based practice.
• Mandatory registration with The Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously in high-quality diabetes care from diagnosis to long-term management.
• Promote self-care management and ensure understanding of QOF for diabetes management.
• Act as a specialist resource and support staff upskilling.

Skills

Diabetes management

Clinical audit

Patient education

Education

Diploma in a Diabetes related field

MSc or working towards Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Primary Care Network Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The post holder will beemployed by Greenwich Health the GP Federation in Greenwich. Greenwich has 7primary care networks (PCNS) with list sizes of between 30-80,000 patients. ThePost holder will work for Riverview Health Primary Care Network. The postholder will join an existing Diabetes Specialist Nurse and GP Assistant whosupport specialist diabetes management in an area of the borough with a highprevalence for diabetes.

The post holder willprovide diabetic care to improve the health and well-being of the practicesdiabetic patients.

Main duties of the job

• To work autonomously in the provision of high-quality specialist, evidence-based care for people with diabetes, from diagnosis to long-term management
• To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
• To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved.
• To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas.
• To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives.
• To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
• To work with the existing diabetes specialist nurse on the various workstreams created for the PCN.
• To work with the PCN to monitor progress and performance against three treatment targets.
• To support the upskilling of the practice staff to raise the standards of general diabetes care and awareness across the patch.
• Engage in different initiatives to engage patients including patient education sessions and group consultations.

About us

Greenwich Health is committed to providingquality of care to our patients whilst building resilience for General Practiceand delivering services and programmes of work to deliver care at scale to theGreenwich Population.

Job responsibilities

• To work autonomously in the provision of high-quality specialist, evidence-based care for people with diabetes, from diagnosis to long-term management
• To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
• To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved.
• To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas.
• To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives.
• To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
• To work with the existing diabetes specialist nurse on the various workstreams created for the PCN.
• To work with the PCN to monitor progress and performance against three treatment targets.
• To support the upskilling of the practice staff to raise the standards of general diabetes care and awareness across the patch.
• Engage in different initiatives to engage patients including patient education sessions and group consultations.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of managing diabetes
• Previous Primary Care Experience
• Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence based practice

Qualifications

• Diploma in a Diabetes related field
• Independent prescriber
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc or working towards

Qualification

• Mandatory registration with The Nursing & Midwifery Council

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.

£53,500 to £60,216 a yearBand 7 Nurse Role