Advanced Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is an advanced clinical role for the team which will support all the leadership aspects of the service including project and service development work, the mentorship and teaching of junior clinical team members and team management development opportunities, and deputising for the team leader when required. You will be expected to participate in the development and delivery of local diabetes care strategies and guidelines. Having a non-medical prescriber qualification will be required for this advanced role, however there will be opportunity to develop and undertake the V300 qualification.

Working with the DSN team is varied, busy and exciting. The team is responsible for delivery of specialist care for patients with diabetes. We run nurse led clinics providing assessment, treatment plans and follow up appointments in face to face community clinics or virtually using digital video platform or telephone. We also visit patients who are housebound in their own home if required.

Main duties of the job

We provide support to local mental health establishments, and work with many people with learning difficulties and their support teams. We provide support and training to District Nursing teams and their service users and residents in care homes who require specialist input.

We also offer advice and support to the hospice during end of life care. The team provide regular accredited diabetes education sessions for people with Type 1 diabetes. We also run education sessions for other health care professionals within primary care. We are forward thinking with regards to the fast moving digital changes and service developments for people living with diabetes and we have a number of digital platforms that we utilize to support our patients.

The post is currently based with the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Team at the Minerva Health Centre in Preston.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Date posted

05 May 2021

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£38,890 to £44,503 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN014-KE

Job locations

Minerva Health Centre

Preston

PR1 6SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Degree Level or equivalent experience and/or relevant core professional qualification (NMC registered)
Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake (as appropriate to clinical discipline)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of local health and social care structures
Highly developed clinical professional skills relevant to area of work

Experience

Essential

Experience of partnership working with other agencies and professional boundaries
Experience of clinical professional teaching in a community healthcare setting where appropriate

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Degree Level or equivalent experience and/or relevant core professional qualification (NMC registered)
Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake (as appropriate to clinical discipline)

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of local health and social care structures
Highly developed clinical professional skills relevant to area of work

Experience

Essential

Experience of partnership working with other agencies and professional boundaries
Experience of clinical professional teaching in a community healthcare setting where appropriate

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).