Are you a dedicated and compassionate Registered Adult Nurse looking to make a meaningful impact in your community and provide high quality evidenced based care?

Join our Community Integrated Team, a multidisciplinary team committed to providing exceptional nursing and therapeutic care. Our service operates between 0800 - 1800, 7 days a week, supporting patients in their own homes with the goal of promoting maximum independence through self-management in daily activities.

You will need to be an effective team player with the ability to work independently with a strong commitment to collaborative working.

You will have the ability to support operational managers in resourcing the service and an understanding of professional and clinical decisions that influence procurement.

Why Join Us?

Joining our team means being part of a supportive and innovative community-focused service. You'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of patients, particularly those with diabetes, by empowering them to live healthier, more independent lives.

If you are passionate about patient care and education, and eager to be a vital part of a multidisciplinary team, we encourage you to apply.

Embrace the opportunity to enhance patient care and contribute to a healthier community. Apply today to become a valued member of our Community Integrated Team!

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Adult Nurse in our team, you will:

Case Management: Manage care for a designated number of patients, working closely with GPs, Integrated Care Teams (ICTs), and other statutory and voluntary agencies, with a particular focus on diabetic patients.

Patient Education: Provide advice, information, and education to patients, families, and carers, enabling patients to achieve maximum independence, health, and well-being.

Self-Care Promotion: Encourage self-care management to prevent the worsening of conditions and improve health outcomes.

Best Practice: Ensure delivery of best practices in clinical care, caseload management, and education for both patients and team members.

Specialist Resource: Act as a specialist resource, offering expert advice on diabetes to patients, their families/carers, and health professionals.

Service Improvement: Enhance diabetes services for housebound and care home patients, including liaising with secondary care diabetes services.

Leadership in Projects: Lead the implementation, education, and training of the insulin care home project, supporting care homes in administering insulin to their residents.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of duties and responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oEvidence of recent CPD
• oRGN/RN ADULT, with current NMC Registration
• oDiploma in a diabetes related field or equivalent post graduate qualification.

Desirable

• oMentorship qualification
• oManagement/Leadership qualification
• oNon-Medical Independent Prescriber

Experience

Essential

• oProven post qualification experience
• oExperience of working with professionals from other disciplines
• oExperience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously

Desirable

• oCommunity Experience
• oExperience of managing/leading a team

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester

Colchester

CO4 9YQ

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432-HR987-24