This is a fixed term post for 12 months to cover maternity leave within the service.

The post holder will be an integral member of the Diabetes Service specialist team, providing care, treatment and education to diabetes patients and their families. This will involve working closely with the community network of health care professionals to deliver an integrated package of care between hospital and primary care.

The Diabetes Service represents an integration of the entire multidisciplinary specialist team with responsibility for the quality of all diabetes services in Cumbria. We aim to improve the quality of diabetes care by delivering patient pathways with structured education programmes to support self-management, by supporting and training of primary care teams and providing excellent specialist diabetes clinical services in both in and out-patient settings.

The post holder will be based in Whitehaven however will be required at times to travel across North Cumbria.

Main duties of the job

A key aim of The Diabetes Service is to facilitate and encourage self-management by people with diabetes. Structured patient education programmes (DAFNE and DESMOND) are embedded in our pathways of care and training has been delivered to both primary care and specialist staff to undertake holistic care planning.

We provide speciality services including pregnancy, young person/ transition service and an insulin pump service. A Cumbria wide retinal screening service operates throughout Cumbria at a variety of locations.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

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Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Important Information

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

Nacro Tel: 0300 123 1999, or email: helpline@nacro.org.uk

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: �18 + Administration cost of �3.85 = �21.85. Deducted at �6.85 from 1st month salary and �5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: �38 + administration cost of �3.90 = �41.90. Deducted at �11.90 from 1st month salary and �10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problem

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level education
• NMC registration
• NST307 or equivalent
• Post-Basic qualification in specialist area (Diabetes e.g. Warwick Course A205, CIDC, Bradford Diabetes course) or will work towards within the first year of appointment

Desirable

• Adult Education Teaching Certificate
• To have or be willing to undertake a diabetes related qualification such as Warwick or Bradford

Experience

Essential

• Significant general nursing experience within the NHS
• To have detailed knowledge of all aspects of diabetes and associated risk factors.
• To have the ability to work autonomously, efficiently and professionally locality wide visiting patients in General Practice surgeries, Health centres, community and acute hospitals and emergency home visits
• Experience of teaching adults

Desirable

• To have or be willing to become a DESMOND/ DAFNE/ Walking Away trainer
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

• Demonstrable clinical skills within specialist area, including physical assessment skills and basic life support
• Ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making.
• Confident, diplomatic, good organisational ability, pleasant disposition, able to work in isolation but part of a team, co-operative & flexible, able to deal with difficult/emotional situations

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Willing to undertake training as required.

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to travel independently of public transport and be able to travel widely as and when required.

Knowledge

Essential

• General IT skills including experience of windows based software and MS Office
• Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
• Up to date knowledge of the developments in diabetes care

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital

Homewood Rd

Whitehaven, Cumbria

CA28 8JG

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