Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Working across sites within ELHT NHS trust, you will be expected to deliver patients centred advice, support and care for patients with diabetes within the intermediate and secondary care service, their families and carers.
In line with National Service Framework (NSF) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines you will be expected to provide advanced assessment of patients' needs and advise on appropriate diabetes management. Additionally you will be expected to support patients through all stages of their diabetes care.
Your role will involve empowering patients with the skills and knowledge necessary to attain independence in self-management of their diabetes.
Working as a senior diabetes specialist nurse you will be responsible for maintaining and updating your own knowledge and skills, together with providing evidence in support of this. You will also be a role model providing support, education and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and other health care professionals.
Main duties of the job
Provide an evidence-based proactive nursing service, which is responsive to the user's need, to a cohort of patients. Care will reflect current local protocols and national guidelines and will be delivered through face-to-face consultation on a day-to-day basis.
To act as an autonomous practitioner.
In the role as an autonomous practitioner to provide expert and advanced specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals.
Work clinically for a minimum of 80% of the role.
As a nurse prescriber (willing to undertake) demonstrate advanced knowledge of and experience in the use of oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA's), insulin and other treatment regimens relating to diabetes.
As a nurse prescriber advice on the stabilisation of patients on all oral agents, insulin and other injected therapies according to locally formulated guidelines and protocols.
You should possess the ability to perform assessments of patient needs and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team where necessary.
Assist with developing and implementing structured educational programmes for patients and their families and carers.
About us
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) Integrated Diabetes Service is a consists of a multi- professional team who provide much-valued hospital and community diabetes services to residents in East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen (BwD). This role will be based within the acute setting but also will involve some community settings too.
The Trust has built a good reputation as a place to enjoy job satisfaction and develop professional skills and experience. By joining us now you can play a role in organisation that continues to put patients and clients at the heart of everything that we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In additional to your clinical role, you will aim to raise the awareness and improve standards of diabetes care through planning and implementation, of specialised programmes of education and training within your area of specialty.
- Through effective working practices you will continue the philosophy of jointly working with other health care professionals to develop a holistic support network for people with diabetes within the Trust, Specialist Units and Primary Care.
- To participate in shared responsibility for the stock held within the department and reorder as appropriate.
- Provide an evidence-based proactive nursing service, which is responsive to the users need, to a cohort of patients. Care will reflect current local protocols and national guidelines and will be delivered through face-to-face consultation on a day-to-day basis.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner.
- In the role as an autonomous practitioner to provide expert and advanced specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals.
- Work clinically for a minimum of 80% of the role.
- As a nurse prescriber demonstrate advanced knowledge of and experience in the use of Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents (OHAs), insulin and other treatment/technologies regimens relating to diabetes.
- As a nurse prescriber advice on the stabilisation of patients on all oral agents, insulin and other injected therapies (technologies) according to locally formulated guidelines and protocols.
- As pump therapy service lead, participate in multidisciplinary panel discussions and service development.
- Initiation of insulin pump therapy and continuing assessment of pre-existing users of insulin pump therapy.
- Interpret results (biomedical, blood glucose monitoring and continuous blood glucose monitoring) analyse and initiate appropriate action.
- You should possess the ability to perform assessments of patient needs and liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team where necessary.
- Assist with developing and implementing structured educational programmes for patients and their families and carers.
- You will be expected to offer such education in a contextually appropriate format and language.
- This will include the ability to handle complex and sensitive information, using appropriate communication skills to persuade, motivate and re-assure patients and their families as required.
- Complex communication skills will need to be utilised when educating patients that may have Learning Disabilities or Mental Health conditions and will need close liaison with clinical experts in these fields to develop and deliver effective educational packages for such patients.
- Maintain clear, concise and accurate patient records.
- You will be expected to be able to explore empowerment/counselling skills as an aid to assisting patients in attaining self-management of their condition or identifying and realising goals as part of their management plan.
- Understand the national, strategic and local guidelines which underpin chronic disease management and specifically diabetes ie: NICE, National Service Framework for Diabetes (NSF) JBDS guidelines.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Across all ELHT sites.
Haslingden Road
Blackburn
BB2 3HH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
435-MEC-241-24
In line with National Service Framework (NSF) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines you will be expected to provide advanced assessment of patients' needs and advise on appropriate diabetes management. Additionally you will be expected to support patients through all stages of their diabetes care.
Your role will involve empowering patients with the skills and knowledge necessary to attain independence in self-management of their diabetes.
Working as a senior diabetes specialist nurse you will be responsible for maintaining and updating your own knowledge and skills, together with providing evidence in support of this. You will also be a role model providing support, education and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and other health care professionals.
Main duties of the job
Provide an evidence-based proactive nursing service, which is responsive to the user's need, to a cohort of patients. Care will reflect current local protocols and national guidelines and will be delivered through face-to-face consultation on a day-to-day basis.
To act as an autonomous practitioner.
In the role as an autonomous practitioner to provide expert and advanced specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals.
Work clinically for a minimum of 80% of the role.
As a nurse prescriber (willing to undertake) demonstrate advanced knowledge of and experience in the use of oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHA's), insulin and other treatment regimens relating to diabetes.
As a nurse prescriber advice on the stabilisation of patients on all oral agents, insulin and other injected therapies according to locally formulated guidelines and protocols.
You should possess the ability to perform assessments of patient needs and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team where necessary.
Assist with developing and implementing structured educational programmes for patients and their families and carers.
About us
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) Integrated Diabetes Service is a consists of a multi- professional team who provide much-valued hospital and community diabetes services to residents in East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen (BwD). This role will be based within the acute setting but also will involve some community settings too.
The Trust has built a good reputation as a place to enjoy job satisfaction and develop professional skills and experience. By joining us now you can play a role in organisation that continues to put patients and clients at the heart of everything that we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- In additional to your clinical role, you will aim to raise the awareness and improve standards of diabetes care through planning and implementation, of specialised programmes of education and training within your area of specialty.
- Through effective working practices you will continue the philosophy of jointly working with other health care professionals to develop a holistic support network for people with diabetes within the Trust, Specialist Units and Primary Care.
- To participate in shared responsibility for the stock held within the department and reorder as appropriate.
- Provide an evidence-based proactive nursing service, which is responsive to the users need, to a cohort of patients. Care will reflect current local protocols and national guidelines and will be delivered through face-to-face consultation on a day-to-day basis.
- To act as an autonomous practitioner.
- In the role as an autonomous practitioner to provide expert and advanced specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals.
- Work clinically for a minimum of 80% of the role.
- As a nurse prescriber demonstrate advanced knowledge of and experience in the use of Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents (OHAs), insulin and other treatment/technologies regimens relating to diabetes.
- As a nurse prescriber advice on the stabilisation of patients on all oral agents, insulin and other injected therapies (technologies) according to locally formulated guidelines and protocols.
- As pump therapy service lead, participate in multidisciplinary panel discussions and service development.
- Initiation of insulin pump therapy and continuing assessment of pre-existing users of insulin pump therapy.
- Interpret results (biomedical, blood glucose monitoring and continuous blood glucose monitoring) analyse and initiate appropriate action.
- You should possess the ability to perform assessments of patient needs and liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team where necessary.
- Assist with developing and implementing structured educational programmes for patients and their families and carers.
- You will be expected to offer such education in a contextually appropriate format and language.
- This will include the ability to handle complex and sensitive information, using appropriate communication skills to persuade, motivate and re-assure patients and their families as required.
- Complex communication skills will need to be utilised when educating patients that may have Learning Disabilities or Mental Health conditions and will need close liaison with clinical experts in these fields to develop and deliver effective educational packages for such patients.
- Maintain clear, concise and accurate patient records.
- You will be expected to be able to explore empowerment/counselling skills as an aid to assisting patients in attaining self-management of their condition or identifying and realising goals as part of their management plan.
- Understand the national, strategic and local guidelines which underpin chronic disease management and specifically diabetes ie: NICE, National Service Framework for Diabetes (NSF) JBDS guidelines.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NMC Registered
- Evidence of experience in diabetes management
- Evidence of further study to masters level in diabetes
- Evidence of experience in the use of diabetes technology
- Access to car/car driver
Desirable
- Non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards.
- Competent in the use of information technology (EMIS, CERNER, ICE)
- Evidence of working as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Across all ELHT sites.
Haslingden Road
Blackburn
BB2 3HH
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
435-MEC-241-24
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