Practice Nurse - Diabetes

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description:

This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here.

You will be required to work independently as a Practice Nurse with long-term conditions management and treatment room skills within the scope of professional practice.

Undertake the Long-term condition clinics including Diabetes primarily and chronic heart disease providing specialist nursing care for patients according to skills and knowledge.

Manage programmes of care for patients with Long-term conditions by planning, providing and evaluating care under agreed local/national guidelines, protocols and patient group directives.

Excellent communication skills through patient consultation and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.

Assess, plan and implement patient centred plan of care for patients and refer when necessary to other healthcare professionals for further specialised care.

A qualification in undertaking cervical cytology is desirable, but not essential. The practice may ask you to undertake training in this area.

Assist with child immunisations and adult vaccinations.

Maintain disease registers, including an awareness of QOF and other incentive schemes.

Perform investigative procedures including; performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.

To maintain accurate healthcare records.

Adapt to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations.

Ensure mandatory training has been completed.

Maintain continuing professional development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential:
• Management of patients with long term conditions.
• A relevant qualification in Diabetes.
• Current NMC.
• Relevant Vaccination and Immunisation training.
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Highly adaptable being a small practice staff members are required to take on multiple tasks and roles.
• Problem solving skills to meet the changing demands of Primary Care
• Confident decision making skills.

Desirable

• Desirable:
• Knowledge of the EMIS.
• Independent Non Medical Prescriber.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Dalston Medical Group

Address

Dalston Medical Group

Townhead Road

Dalston

Carlisle

CA5 7PZ

Employer's website

https://www.dalstonmedicalgroup.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)