Job responsibilities
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Diabetes Specialist Nurse (within CNS team)
Reports to: Diabetes Specialist Nurse Team Leader
Accountable to: Diabetes Lead Nurse
Band: 6
Unit/Department: Diabetes Centre
CSU Directorate: Specialty & Integrated Medicine
Location[1]Leeds Teaching Hospitals
AfC Job No: 1321
2. JOB PURPOSE
Our service delivers highly specialist diabetes care to patients with Type 1 diabetes, complex Type 2 diabetes and provides in-patient care.
We cover the diabetes centres at St Jamess and Wharfedale Hospitals and in- patients at St Jamess, Leeds General Infirmary and Chapel Allerton.
We are looking for a diabetes specialist nurse who is enthusiastic and committed to the provision of excellence in diabetes care and wants to further develop their knowledge and skills in this field. The successful applicant will strengthen our diabetes specialist nursing service, providing expert advice to patients, education to staff and working with the Trust Think Glucose delivery team.
There will be excellent opportunities to rotate between both inpatient and outpatient nursing services. Training will be given to provide expert care in highly specialist clinics to include; antenatal, preconception, renal, foot, young adult, pump and DAFNE.
The jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.
Our service provides a 7 day a week diabetes specialist nursing cover across LTHT. The jobholder would be expected to work flexibly with colleagues to provide this cover on a rotational basis.
3. JOB DIMENSIONS
The current nursing service comprises:
Band 8 Lead Nurse for Diabetes
Band 7 Diabetes Nurse Specialist - Team Leader
Band 6 Diabetes Nurse Specialists
Clinical Support workers
The post holder will work within a team of Nurse Specialists and allied health professionals.
5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Registered Nurse (Level 1)
Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Post registration qualification in specialty
Experience
Significant experience working as a Band 5 Staff Nurse or equivalent post registration experience of which there has been substantial experience gained within the relevant specialty area, during which time the following experience should have been gained:
Clinical audit and standard setting
Service development and or change management (desirable)
Skills
Teaching
Communication
Leadership
IT Skills
Knowledge
Experience and knowledge of speciality
Current issues in healthcare
Standards of professional practice
Personal Attributes
Excellent interpersonal skills
Innovator
Motivator
Assertiveness
Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centered
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Commitment to delivering high quality evidence based care
Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team
Commitment to the specialty area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment
Commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others within the team.
7. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
Communication skills
Teaching and assessment skills
Organisational skills
Time management skills
Change management skills
Understanding of research based practice research conscious
Team player
Conflict management
Managing stress
Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
Ability to act professionally at all times
8. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda
Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate)
Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies
Understanding of organisational structures
9. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct
Clinical care delivery
- Provide a clinical lead and role model to nursing staff by delivering high quality care.
- Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required
- Maintain a safe working environment
Responsibilities for patient and client care
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills
- Organises own clinical workload.
- Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.
Freedom to act
- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols
Communication
- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation.
- Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery
- Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery
Education and Training
- Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff
- Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review
- Provide education and training to patients and their carers.
- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty
Leadership and management
- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events
- Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with team manager.
- Work with Team Leader and/or Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate
- Under the direction of the Team Manager participates in or leads the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans
[1]The Trust reserves the right to require employees to work either temporarily or permanently at or from any other of the Trusts establishments at any time
- Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care
- Promote evidence based practice, wherever possible
- Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development.
- Implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate
- Contribute to policy and protocol development for speciality area.
- Responsible for the day to day supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.
- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.
Research and Audit
- Contribute to the research agenda
- Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.
- Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.
Health and Safety/Risk Management
All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
Infection Control
The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
Equality and Diversity
The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
Patient and Public Involvement
The Trust has a statutory duty to involve patients and the public in evaluating and planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
Training and Personal Development Continuous Professional Development
The jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority. The jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
Respect for Patient Confidentiality
The jobholder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
