Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse to join our Diabetes Inpatient Team for an innovative project on improving diabetes perioperative care.
The ideal candidate will have experience of working on a surgical ward and have a good understanding of the issues faced by patients with diabetes who are undergoing elective surgery.
As well as delivering support to patients during their perioperative journey, the role will also involve an educational element with a focus on disseminating knowledge around perioperative diabetes care to colleagues across the trust.
The perioperative nurse will form part of the inpatient diabetes team and will work alongside both the diabetes and surgical teams.
The successful candidate will be passionate about improving diabetes care, be innovative in their approach to patients and staff, be a motivated self-starter and be keen to work on a project that will allow them gain valuable experience of working in a multi-disciplinary diabetes team to create a potentially lasting change in service delivery.
Main duties of the job
- As well as delivering support to patients during their perioperative journey, the role will also involve an educational element with a focus on disseminating knowledge around perioperative diabetes care to colleagues across the trust.
- The perioperative nurse will form part of the inpatient diabetes team and will work alongside both the diabetes and surgical teams.
- Work closely with the nursing lead for pre-operative assessment services, ensuring a high quality and safe pre-assessment service.
- Provide education and training related to diabetes management.
- Ensure all documentation and communication is maintained to a high standard.
- Participate in the development of specialised peri-operative diabetes clinics.
- Manage their own diabetes caseload with minimal supervision.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct nurse led clinics for patients planned for elective surgery with diabetes.
- Receive referrals from pre-operative assessment colleagues, anaesthetist colleagues and surgical colleagues to optimise patients pre-surgery.
- Work closely with pre-operative assessment and diabetes and endocrinology colleagues in ensuring optimal preparation for elective surgery.
- Undertake specialist diabetic assessment of patients diabetic needs, plan, implement an evaluate care delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
- Participate in the development of specialised peri-operative diabetes clinics.
- Manage their own diabetes caseload with minimal supervision.
- Work closely with the nursing lead for pre-operative assessment services, ensuring a high quality and safe pre-assessment service.
- To use clinical governance as a framework to lead and promote quality within the service; utilising research, promoting evidence based practice, actively contributing to audit and training nurses in the peri-operative pathway.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct nurse led clinics for patients planned for elective surgery with diabetes.
- Receive referrals from pre-operative assessment colleagues, anaesthetist colleagues and surgical colleagues to optimise patients pre-surgery.
- Work closely with pre-operative assessment and diabetes and endocrinology colleagues in ensuring optimal preparation for elective surgery.
- Undertake specialist diabetic assessment of patients diabetic needs, plan, implement an evaluate care delivery using clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
- Participate in the development of specialised peri-operative diabetes clinics.
- Manage their own diabetes caseload with minimal supervision.
- Work closely with the nursing lead for pre-operative assessment services, ensuring a high quality and safe pre-assessment service.
- To use clinical governance as a framework to lead and promote quality within the service; utilising research, promoting evidence based practice, actively contributing to audit and training nurses in the peri-operative pathway.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven post registration experience.
- Proven experience at Band 5.
- Experience of developing, training and education in clinical practice.
- Experience in multidisciplinary working.
Desirable
- Experience of perioperative nursing care/surgical nursing.
- Evidence of audit experience.
- Experience of implementing Service Improvement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Refer and communicate with other disciplines.
- NMC standards and limitations of professional practice, - Advanced/expanded nursing practice and roles.
- Evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of 18 week pathway Comprehensive applied anatomy and physiology relevant to pre-operative assessment and surgery.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of surgical procedures.
- Ability to recognise potential surgical problems and instigate the appropriate solution.
- Refer and communicate with other disciplines.
- NMC standards and limitations of professional practice, - Advanced/expanded nursing practice and roles.
- Proven post registration experience.
- Proven experience at Band 5.
- Experience of developing, training and education in clinical practice.
- Experience in multidisciplinary working.
- Evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- A recognised Diabetes Course.
- Preparing for Mentorship Course.
- Surgical nursing experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven post registration experience.
- Proven experience at Band 5.
- Experience of developing, training and education in clinical practice.
- Experience in multidisciplinary working.
Desirable
- Experience of perioperative nursing care/surgical nursing.
- Evidence of audit experience.
- Experience of implementing Service Improvement.
Qualifications
Essential
- Refer and communicate with other disciplines.
- NMC standards and limitations of professional practice, - Advanced/expanded nursing practice and roles.
- Evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of 18 week pathway Comprehensive applied anatomy and physiology relevant to pre-operative assessment and surgery.
- Demonstrates a good understanding of surgical procedures.
- Ability to recognise potential surgical problems and instigate the appropriate solution.
- Refer and communicate with other disciplines.
- NMC standards and limitations of professional practice, - Advanced/expanded nursing practice and roles.
- Proven post registration experience.
- Proven experience at Band 5.
- Experience of developing, training and education in clinical practice.
- Experience in multidisciplinary working.
- Evidence-based practice.
Desirable
- A recognised Diabetes Course.
- Preparing for Mentorship Course.
- Surgical nursing experience
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
