Job summary
ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSE - BAND 8A
Are you looking for a rewarding new opportunity as an Advanced Clinical Practice Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN)?
We have an exciting opening for an experienced and motivated candidate to join our Hounslow Community Diabetes Service (HCDS) based at Heart of Hounslow Center for Health.
This is a clinical leadership role in the team providing scope for innovative work with Primary Care Partners, Acute Providers and Community Nursing development. Within the team, supporting the development of the DSN role including with prescribing.
Why work for our team?
- Our team consists of DSNs and Diabetes Specialist Dietitians (DSD), with support from a Consultant Diabetologist.
- The service also employs 3 PCN DSDs who each work 1 day in the HCDS.
- The DSDs deliver the X-PERT education program which has won national awards for patient outcomes in the last three years.
There are opportunities for flexible working as you will be provided with the tools to deliver virtual consultations, but you will also be expected to travel around the Hounslow Borough visiting GP practices as required.
Support will be provided by the HCDS Manager and the Divisional Manager for Planned Care.
Further opportunities for training and personal development will also be available for this role.
Interviews to be held on 20 June 2024.
Main duties of the job
As part of our team, your role will:
- Lead the DSN service supporting best practice in Type 2 Diabetes in the community.
- Work closely with patients, other specialists including the Consultant DSN employed by NWL ICB, Primary Care colleagues, and Community Teams to improve the health outcomes of people with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Lead and develop the partnership working with Primary Care and the Acute Hospital to maximise patient outcomes.
- Provide support to the Consultant DSN in providing GP training in Diabetes on PITstop courses.
- Assist with supporting diabetes-related projects within the trust such as insulin education for Health Care Support workers; representation at PCN level supporting Fuller Report working groups to improve health inequalities.
Interview to take place on Thursday 20th June 2024 at Heart of Hounslow Center For Health.
About us
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.
Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job.Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo.It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.
We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.
Job description
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as registered nurse
- Educated to Masters' degree level in relevant speciality
- Evidence of post registration development in autonomous practice/clinical skills (e.g Masters/ACP Masters/PG Cert/PGradDip)
- Completion of relevant extended role scope competencies
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification &/or evidence of qualification in prescribing specialist equipment, care, therapies, lifestyle advice and care
- Leadership and management qualification or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior professional role in relevant clinical speciality with highly specialised knowledge relevant to the position.
- Range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. of history-taking; holistic assessment; identifying risk factors; mental health assessments; requesting, undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests; and conducting health needs assessments).
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement methodologies and experience of successful delivery in practice
- Working knowledge of safety and governance frameworks and standards (including confidentiality/freedom of information/Caldicott regulations/CQC essential standards)
- Clinical role model/advocate/educator/coach for care delivery and development
- Collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and interprofessional resources
- Continually developing practice in response to changing population health needs and future developments in national guidance relevant to the clinical speciality
Desirable
- Collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and interprofessional resources
- Advocating for and contributing to a culture of organisational learning
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to enable communication with a wide range of stakeholders and for clinical purposes, negotiation, leadership and influence. This includes managing highly complex communications where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Using professional judgement to know when to seek help
- Highly developed analytical skills to diagnose problems and formulate solutions
- Evidence of practice innovation and quality improvement
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Skills to train and update staff on service developments as required.
- Flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
Desirable
- Ability to critically reflect, lead and influence system-wide change
Personal attributes
Essential
- Confident in positive risk taking
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration as registered nurse
- Educated to Masters' degree level in relevant speciality
- Evidence of post registration development in autonomous practice/clinical skills (e.g Masters/ACP Masters/PG Cert/PGradDip)
- Completion of relevant extended role scope competencies
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification &/or evidence of qualification in prescribing specialist equipment, care, therapies, lifestyle advice and care
- Leadership and management qualification or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of a senior professional role in relevant clinical speciality with highly specialised knowledge relevant to the position.
- Range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. of history-taking; holistic assessment; identifying risk factors; mental health assessments; requesting, undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests; and conducting health needs assessments).
- Knowledge of Quality Improvement methodologies and experience of successful delivery in practice
- Working knowledge of safety and governance frameworks and standards (including confidentiality/freedom of information/Caldicott regulations/CQC essential standards)
- Clinical role model/advocate/educator/coach for care delivery and development
- Collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and interprofessional resources
- Continually developing practice in response to changing population health needs and future developments in national guidance relevant to the clinical speciality
Desirable
- Collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and interprofessional resources
- Advocating for and contributing to a culture of organisational learning
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to enable communication with a wide range of stakeholders and for clinical purposes, negotiation, leadership and influence. This includes managing highly complex communications where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Using professional judgement to know when to seek help
- Highly developed analytical skills to diagnose problems and formulate solutions
- Evidence of practice innovation and quality improvement
- Ability to work as part of a team and ability to command respect of the multi-disciplinary team
- Skills to train and update staff on service developments as required.
- Flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
Desirable
- Ability to critically reflect, lead and influence system-wide change
Personal attributes
Essential
- Confident in positive risk taking
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
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).
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.
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
Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust
Address
Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health
92 Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3EL
Employer's website
https://www.hrch.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
