Advanced Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Work autonomously providing clinical guidance and advice.
2. To provide contemporaneous records and reports regarding patients ongoing care and management consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
3. To assist with supervision, recruitment, induction and appraisal of junior staff
4. To facilitate education programmes tailored to the needs of patients with diabetes, underpinned best practice and using a patient centered approach
5. To support the efficient delivery of the diabetes service across West Sussex
6. To assist in the provision of the service in accordance with the wishes of the commissioners.
7. Delegate work appropriately to other clinical staff
8. To support personal development planning and objective setting and review. To assist with performance management issues as required.
9. To maintain competence in specialist area of practice by means of peer review, clinical supervision, journal and other reading and attendance on courses and conferences.
10. Prescribe and review medication (if appropriate prescribing qualification has been obtained and governance in place) for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
11. To participate in team meetings and update staff on operational matters, policy updates and training requirements.
12. Review departmental and corporate policies to update in line with new legislation and actively assist in development of policies that directly involve diabetes.
13. To assist participation of department in audit in collaboration with the departmental audit lead.
14. To assist professional manager and patient safety lead in matters pertaining to patient safety and risk management.
15. To assist in dealing with complaints to the service in association with the Customer Service Team.
16. To undertake any other duties that may be required which are consistent with the grade and responsibility of the post.
17. To provide clinical leadership and vision to support the Nurse Consultant and diabetes specialist nurse roles, influencing the development of an integrated community diabetes pathway.
18. To act as a change agent and innovator, planning, instigating and evaluating
19. To work with the Nurse Consultant in the development and implementation of clinical policies and protocols in diabetes
20. To support the future planning of service developments in relation to community and nursing led care in diabetes alongside the Nurse Consultant.
21. Be responsible for maintaining and disseminating knowledge within the multidisciplinary teams, acting as an expert resource for evidenced-based
22. Develop links with similar professionals nationally and internationally in order to share knowledge and
23. To provide clinical leadership in relation to the monitoring and management of clinical risk, challenging non evidence-based practice and leading
24. Act as a role model to help colleagues develop advanced knowledge and skills relating to specialist
25. To provide support to the diabetes and wider multi-disciplinary teams in dealing with complex and distressing situations, including acutely unwell and end of life care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN first level nurse
• Post graduate level degree or equivalent
• Advanced Physical Assessment course Masters Module/accredited physical assessment course
• Independent prescribing
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner Masters qualification or evidence of study at masters level in a related subject
• Mentoring course or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Extensive clinical experience five years in Diabetes management
• Critical care/emergency care or primary care first contact experience at band 7 level
• Evidence of up-to-date based knowledge and skills in managing patients with diabetes
• Making differential diagnosis
• Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Experience of human resource management including performance management, managing sickness and absence, recruitment and retention of staff
• Experience of reporting against targets and risk management
• Experience of project/service development

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced physical assessment and history taking
• Experience of using clinical software pro-grammes eg SystmOne, PAS, PACS
• Ability to empower patients by appropriate health teaching and advice
• Knowledge of health and safety within clinical practice and associated areas
• Knowledge of local and national policies relevant to Diabetes
• Experience of clinical audit
• Knowledge of clinical standards, i.e. IC, CQC and evidence of implementing and monitoring these in practice
• Able to recognise clinically when a patient required referral in both the emergency and planned situation
• Experience with the development of proto-cols, guidelines, policies and procedures
• Evidence of ability to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
• Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary.
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of team dynamics/ leadership role
• Evidence of ability to work with a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of working in partnership and collaboration with other professionals
• Evidence of effective team leadership and organisational skills
• Evidence of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality health out-comes
• Evidence of the ability to champion patient issues
• Evidence of the ability to work in a changing, stressful situation.
• Ability to appropriately challenge a variety of professionals about an individuals care.
• Clinical Leadership Experience
• Ability to resolve or diffuse conflict
• Able to assess competence of other staff
• Evidence of ability to identify training needs of self and team to provide relevant and appropriate experience to all learners
• Evidence of teaching patients and carers
• Ability to provide supervision
• Evidence of advanced communication skills, able to understand blocks to communication and ways of developing strategies to over-come these.
• Assertive and able to negotiate in complex situations.
• IT literate and experience
• Able to maintain a calm manner in fast changing and emergency situations
• Ability to work in flexible way and respond positively to change.
• Ability to work autonomously and make own decision
• Ability to travel between sites, car owner/driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes
• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify personal limitation and shows openness to address them
• Ability to write publications and associated information for patients and staff
• An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients

Desirable

• Working to and contributing to the creation of patient group directions
• Evidence of knowledge and experience of working between acute and Primary Care settings
• Evidence of one to one mentoring skills
• Able to design and deliver individual and group education and training packages
• Published article in professional publications

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

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Sussex

West Sussex- TBC

BN11 1SD

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)