Diabetes Specialist Nurses band 6 0.55wte (20.625hrs)

Base TBC in the Wellingborough / Kettering locality

The Northamptonshire Diabetes Multi - Disciplinary Team (NMDT) promote care closer to home, facilitating a seamless service between acute, community and primary care, avoiding acute hospital admissions by working closely with primary and community care. We focus on enabling people with diabetes to remain healthy by working collaboratively with stakeholders and people with diabetes to promote self-management and avoid acute and long-term complications of diabetes.

The members of this busy and successful Diabetes MDT are looking for Diabetes Specialist Nurse/s to join the team. This is an ideal opportunity to extend skill and gain experience in diabetes care at a specialist level, developing skill in education and increasingly complex and technologically based prescribing decisions.

The team is currently clinically led by a specialist nurse, with nurses, dietitians, support workers, podiatrists and administrative staff, as well as Diabetologist supervision.

Main duties of the job

Depending on experience and skill the post holder will:

• Work with secondary care staff to provide assessment, treatment and management of hospital in-patients secure safe discharges from the acute hospital setting.
• Work collaboratively with primary and community care, providing specialist input to their caseload management.
• Provide a fast access clinic service to reduce acute referrals and hospital admissions.
• Take part in the delivery and evaluation of education programmes for patients, social & health care staff.
• Non-medical prescriber (desirable but can be achieved in post), facilitate the management of insulin and diabetes related medications and equipment within your case load and your sphere of competence.
• As a member of Northants Healthcare Foundation Trust and of this successful MDT, the post holder will be expected to demonstrate courage and commitment to lead excellent compassionate, care and communicate with others the areas in which there is a need to develop competency. The post holder will assist in maintaining a safe, secure and healthy working environment and continuously work towards developing and improving the quality of the service provided.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse level 1
• Minimum 2 years post grad experience
• Experience of educating and teaching supported by study
• Experience of working in MDT
• Experience of working with people who have diabetes

Desirable

• Diploma / Degree module in Diabetes care or be prepared to achieve
• Non Medical Prescriber or be prepared to achieve
• Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries
• Be a mentor or be prepared to become one

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Evidence of advancing personal professional practice
• Passion and interest in working in Diabetes Care

Desirable

• Evidence of applying local and national policies, protocols or guidelines to practice
• Experience of supporting or supervising others

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• IT literate and experience of using an electronic patient record
• IT skill in the use of web based platforms, apps and virtual working resources
• Experience of managing a caseload autonomously

Desirable

• Experience of working with diverse populations to improve health outcomes
• Experience of supporting people with behaviour change
• Experience of leading creativity and innovation projects

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Isebrook Hospital

Irthlingborough Road

Wellingborough

NN8 1LP

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