Job summary
The Diabetes Specialist Nurse will be a clinical specialist, providing clinical advice, specialist skills, knowledge and expertise to health care professionals and people with diabetes and their family / carers.
This role will be primarily focused to work within the diabetes nurse inpatient service, however experience related to other areas within diabetes nursing will be advantagious.
Main duties of the job
Provide a specialist nursing service to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate diabetes management with the person with diabetes, their family/carers. This will include support, advice and education in order to maximise the potential quality of life and independence at all ages.
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the management of inpatients with diabetes. Advise and recommend initiation of and changes to treatment plans. Monitor the effect of treatment whilst an inpatient and support ward nurses to plan safely for discharge.
- Advise staff and patients of action to take in specific crisis / emergencies i.e. hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia and sickness / infection.
- Advise patients of action to take prior to undergoing examinations which require the patient to be nil by mouth or to omit their diabetes medications.
- Support pre-conceptual care and management of treatment during pregnancy.
- Initiation of Insulin therapy.
- Provide education sessions for staff and people living with Diabetes.
- Provide telephone advice as required to other health care professionals and people with diabetes or their family / carers.
- Set up continuous blood glucose monitoring on patients and analyse results with them.
- Support patients requiring continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII)
- Be able to
- Act as patients advocate assessing and managing the real and perceived unmet needs of the individual / family; working with the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team.
- Act as a resource providing specialist guidance and support to staff involved in diabetes care.
- Promote a culture of expert patient by empowering people with diabetes to become experts in managing their own care.
Please see full Job description and personal specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the management of inpatients with diabetes. Advise and recommend initiation of and changes to treatment plans. Monitor the effect of treatment whilst an inpatient and support ward nurses to plan safely for discharge.
- Advise staff and patients of action to take in specific crisis / emergencies i.e. hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia and sickness / infection.
- Advise patients of action to take prior to undergoing examinations which require the patient to be nil by mouth or to omit their diabetes medications.
- Support pre-conceptual care and management of treatment during pregnancy.
- Initiation of Insulin therapy.
- Provide education sessions for staff and people living with Diabetes.
- Provide telephone advice as required to other health care professionals and people with diabetes or their family / carers.
- Set up continuous blood glucose monitoring on patients and analyse results with them.
- Support patients requiring continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII)
- Be able to
- Act as patients advocate assessing and managing the real and perceived unmet needs of the individual / family; working with the multi-disciplinary Diabetes Team.
- Act as a resource providing specialist guidance and support to staff involved in diabetes care.
- Promote a culture of expert patient by empowering people with diabetes to become experts in managing their own care.
Please see full Job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1or equivalent Health Care Professional qualification.
- Evidence of recent development.
- Proven ability in teaching and presentation skills.
Desirable
- Relevant post registration diabetes course eg "Care of the adult with Diabetes module"
- Recognised Teaching qualification
- Advanced communication skills course or counselling course
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Carbohydrate Counting training course.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical diabetes experience at band 5 or above
- Experience of working in an acute inpatient area.
- Evidence of management/ leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Can demonstrate clinical experience in a variety of areas.
- Practical experience of working with people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and their families / carers.
Desirable
- Insulin initiation teaching.
- Experience of CSII Pump management.
- Experience in independent diabetes clinic consultations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1or equivalent Health Care Professional qualification.
- Evidence of recent development.
- Proven ability in teaching and presentation skills.
Desirable
- Relevant post registration diabetes course eg "Care of the adult with Diabetes module"
- Recognised Teaching qualification
- Advanced communication skills course or counselling course
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Carbohydrate Counting training course.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical diabetes experience at band 5 or above
- Experience of working in an acute inpatient area.
- Evidence of management/ leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Can demonstrate clinical experience in a variety of areas.
- Practical experience of working with people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and their families / carers.
Desirable
- Insulin initiation teaching.
- Experience of CSII Pump management.
- Experience in independent diabetes clinic consultations.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
