Job summary
Job Summary:
To provide high quality, holistic, individualised diabetes care to patients in a Primary Care setting.
Job Responsibilities: (as qualified to do so)
- Competent in performing comprehensive diabetes reviews with referral on as necessary. It is desirable thatyou wouldhave completed training in insulin and GLP1 management
- Promote a greater understanding of diabetes and empower patients and their care givers through education, support and counselling
- Use evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
- Confidence in altering diabetes treatment regimes
- Work collaboratively and with shared decision making
- Confidence in initiating and reviewing continuous glucose monitors is desirable
- Experience in group diabetes consultations is desirable
- An ability to request, interpret and action pathology tests related to diabetes and its complications
- Follow agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- To assist in the management of clinical indicators (QOF) and update patient records at every opportunity
Main duties of the job
- Provide nursing treatments and procedures to patients in participation with GPs or independently to agreed protocols
- Provide general and specific health screening to the patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to GP as necessary
- Advise patients on general health care and promote disease prevention opportunistically
Administration
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
About us
This is
a busy department, so the successful applicant will be focused, hardworking and
motivated; with excellent communication skills and a confident personality. We
are a happy and supportive team made up of 4 Health Care Assistants and 4 Nurses.
A good sense of humour, a willingness to get stuck
in, and the ability to be a great team player are essential.
Ledbury Health Partnership is based in the
pretty market town of Ledbury, Herefordshire which
is easily accessible from Hereford, Worcestershire or Gloucestershire. We have
a growing patient list of 13,500 and a practice team of more than 50 staff
working over 3 sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Competent in performing comprehensive diabetes reviews with referral on as necessary. It is desirable thatyou wouldhave completed training in insulin and GLP1 management
- Promote a greater understanding of diabetes and empower patients and their care givers through education, support and counselling
- Use evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
- Confidence in altering diabetes treatment regimes
- Work collaboratively and with shared decision making
- Confidence in initiating and reviewing continuous glucose monitors is desirable
- Experience in group diabetes consultations is desirable
- An ability to request, interpret and action pathology tests related to diabetes and its complications
- Follow agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- To assist in the management of clinical indicators (QOF) and update patient records at every opportunity
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Competent in performing comprehensive diabetes reviews with referral on as necessary. It is desirable thatyou wouldhave completed training in insulin and GLP1 management
- Promote a greater understanding of diabetes and empower patients and their care givers through education, support and counselling
- Use evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
- Confidence in altering diabetes treatment regimes
- Work collaboratively and with shared decision making
- Confidence in initiating and reviewing continuous glucose monitors is desirable
- Experience in group diabetes consultations is desirable
- An ability to request, interpret and action pathology tests related to diabetes and its complications
- Follow agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- To assist in the management of clinical indicators (QOF) and update patient records at every opportunity
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of diabetes management
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree in diabetes related field or equivalent experience
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Travel medicine
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
Desirable
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Understands the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT and Admin skills
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check
- Occupational Health Clearance
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of diabetes management
Desirable
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure and in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree in diabetes related field or equivalent experience
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- Travel medicine
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
Desirable
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Understands the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT and Admin skills
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check
- Occupational Health Clearance
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
