Diabetes Nurse Specialist
1 week ago
Job summary
Newton Place Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a qualified Diabetes Nurse Specialist to join our friendly and supportive team.
The post holder will have sound knowledge of diabetes and a willingness to undertake the non-medical prescribing course.
The post holder will ensure the ongoing development and delivery of a caseload of patients, providing specialist advice within their clinical area for a cohort of patients with complex diabetic needs including history taking, clinical assessments, treatments, and education.
The role would suit a Diabetes Nurse Specialist who has either experience working in primary care or currently works in secondary care but is interested in persuing a carer in primary care.
Please note, in the event we receive a large number of applicants, we may close this advert early.
Main duties of the job
To work autonomously in the provision of high quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes.
Initiate and support insulin management and/ or other injectables to complex type 1 and 2 diabetic patients.
To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes.
To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals.
About us
Newton Place Surgery is a vibrant purpose-built surgery with a great family feel, set in the beautiful market village of Faversham in the countryside of Kent. The practice has good transportation links, being less than 1 mile from Faversham train station and close to the M2 turn-off.
Newton Place Surgery is one of seven practices that form Mid Kent PCN. The PCN has a population of almost 100k, making it one of the largest PCNs in East Kent.
The practice has the support of a large clinical team, which includes allied health professionals such as Mental Health Practitioner, First Contact Practitioners, ANPs, Paramedic Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and GP Assistants. We have a very experienced administration team who actively manage workflow optimisation, signposting, and pathology delegation, helping to reduce some of the administrative burdens.
We offer a variety of additional on-site services such as ultrasound, audiology, physiotherapy, womens health, minor surgery, ECGs, and spirometry and we are also a covid vaccination site. The practice is actively involved in research and employs a small team to support this. We are also a training practice that hosts ST2, ST3, medical students, PAs, paramedics, and student nurses.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
To work autonomously in the provision of high quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes from diagnosis to long-term managementInitiate and support insulin management and/ or other injectables to complex type 1 and 2 diabetic patients.
To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes. To liaise with the administration staff regarding recall systems, and to ensure the smooth running of the clinics. To ensure current diabetes templates (Ardens) are accurate for recording the required data for various reporting methods, eg Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) To ensure accurate record keeping, recording of all consultations and treatments in the patients medical records using templates where applicable. To maintain accurate data and records in a timely fashion, using EMIS and other software as applicable. To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved. To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas. To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients their family/carers and health professionals. To play an active role in MDT meetings if required by gathering information and being prepared to update the team on patient progress towards goals etc. (as per their care plan). Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Post registration experience Extensive knowledge of diabetes having previous experience in a Diabetes Specialist Nurse or a practice nurse role with experience running Diabetes clinics independently
Qualifications
Essential
Level 1 NMC Adult Registered Nurse Relevant post registration qualification Diabetes Diploma/Certificate
Desirable
Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/ Willingness to undertake-
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