Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes Service
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-HCS-583
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heart of Hounslow Health Centre
- Town
- Hounslow
- Salary
- £59,490 - £66,239 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practice Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Band 8a
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
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 Centre 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.
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.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration as registered nurse
- Educated to Masters’ degree level in relevant speciality
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner qualification
- Evidence of post registration development in autonomous practice/clinical skills (e.g Masters/ACP Masters/PG Cert/PGradDip)
- Non-medical prescribing qualification &/or evidence of qualification in prescribing specialist equipment, care, therapies, lifestyle advice and care
- Completion of relevant extended role scope competencies
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and management qualification or equivalent
- Supervision/Coaching/Mentoring
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of a senior professional role in relevant clinical speciality with highly specialised knowledge relevant to the position
- 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
- Leading new clinical practice and service redesign solutions
- Continually developing practice in response to changing population health needs and future developments in national guidance relevant to the clinical speciality
- Impact of advanced clinical practice on service function and effectiveness, and quality (i.e. outcomes of care, experience and safety)
Desirable criteria
- Collaborative working with a range of multi-agency and interprofessional resources
- Experience of co-producing and implementing complex change in a clinical setting
- Building capacity and capability through work based and interprofessional learning
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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
- Highly developed analytical skills to diagnose problems and formulate solutions
- Skills to train and update staff on service developments as required Highly developed problem-solving skills including the ability to deescalate difficult situations and achieve resolution
- Critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
- Self-motivated and able to prioritise within a large and varied workload Ability to manage resources; this includes involvement in workforce planning and staff budgeting
- Self-motivated, self-starter, able to organise a large and varied work programme including identifying own development needs
- Flexible and adaptable at work in order to meet competing priorities
Desirable criteria
- Ability to critically reflect, lead and influence system-wide change
Personal Atributes
Essential criteria
- Innovative and forward thinking
- Confident in positive risk taking
- Able to problem solve and support other team members
- Reliable, empathetic, approachable, understanding, non-judgemental and tolerant
- Positive attitude to change and prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of people and the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sian Knight
- Job title
- Hounslow Community Diabetes Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909001472
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