Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Employer Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Location London Salary £51,488 to £57,802 a year p.a. inc. pro rata Closing date 24 May 2024

We are looking for a highly motivated Diabetes Nurse Specialist, who is passionate about diabetes ready to make a major contribution to the care of people in the community with diabetes.

The post holder will be responsible, as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team, for supporting the care of people with diabetes at their GP surgery.

The post holder will ensure that people receive the necessary care and treatment to best manage their long term condition. This will be achieved through the application of specialist knowledge, skills and practice.

Main duties of the job

You will be a registered nurse with a post registration nursing course in Diabetes with experience as a diabetes nurse specialist and extensive knowledge of diabetes experience gained from relevant post basic study.

You should have proven management and leadership skills as well as the ability to demonstrate initiative and innovation, effective communication skills and the ability to organise your own caseload.

You will also be able to demonstrate effective teaching and presentation skills as you will be responsible for providing education and support to primary care teams. You will also be required to provide clinical care to a caseload of patients with diabetes.

You will be able to work across primary care providers in City & Hackney.

About us

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN Level 1
  • Current registration with the NMC on relevant part of the register
  • Relevant post basic Diabetes Course
  • Evidence of on going relevant postgraduate courses associated with speciality

Desirable

  • Diploma in Diabetes
  • Working towards a Masters Degree
  • Independent prescribing

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent clinical skills within the field of Diabetes nursing
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Able to work independently and as part of the MDT
  • To have established leadership skills
  • Able to make decisions and problem solve

Desirable

  • Research/audit, data collection and input skills
  • Patient counselling skills

Experience

Essential

  • Substantive post registration experience
  • Recent experience as expert clinical practitioner in diabetes care in either primary or secondary care
  • Experience in teaching families and NOKs
  • Experience in teaching (training staff)

Desirable

  • Independent Prescribing

Knowledge

Essential

  • Expert level of knowledge of diabetes nursing
  • Sound theoretical knowledge underpinning clinical practice
  • Ability to act as a clinical expert and resource for all staff in the multi disciplinary team
  • Understanding the needs/demands of nursing in a multi cultural environment.
  • Research appreciation and ability to influence others through research findings

Desirable

  • Skills to act as a clinical supervisor

Other

Essential

  • Demonstrates understanding of Trust Values

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

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