Job summary
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
To work as an autonomous advance practitioner providing diabetes care in both inpatient and outpatients care setting (training will be provided). To work as an autonomous advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert service within the specialist area both inpatient and outpatients. To manage a caseload of patients/clients. To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support. To lead in the development of evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines. To establish clear lines of communication within the speciality team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients. Perform the role of educator to student dieticians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP’s as required.
Main duties of the job
Due to resignation , An exciting opportunity has arisen within the diabetes team. We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our friendly team.
The Diabetes Centre at St George’s University Hospitals is at the forefront of advances in diabetes care and provides a number of specialist services. The team includes the Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs), Diabetes Dieticians, Diabetes Consultants, and our Diabetes foot team. We provide care and support for our in-patient, outpatient, and we are a very established DAFNE and Insulin Pump Centre. We have a joint Obstetric / Diabetes service, Continuous Glucose Monitoring service, and a busy renal and diabetes foot clinic.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- To work as an autonomous advance practitioner providing diabetes care in both inpatient and outpatients care setting (training will be provided)
- To work as an autonomous advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert service within the specialist area both inpatient and outpatients.
- To manage a caseload of patients/clients
- To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support
- To lead in the development of evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines
- To establish clear lines of communication within the team.
- Perform the role of educator to student dieticians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP’s as required
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and also the person specification for this role.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Level 1 Regaisteed Nurse
- An advanced practitioner either through formal qualifications and/or extensive clinical experience pertinent to the area
- DAFNE Trained
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post-registration qualification
- Independent Prescriber
Experience / Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit / research
- Experience in the clinical supervision of students
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Formal teaching / lecturing experience
- Experience in Insulin Pump Therapy
- Relevant demonstrable experience in speciality area
Desirable criteria
- To have proven experience of service development
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good oral and written communication skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Ability to impart complex information to patients, relatives and carers, with different levels of understanding
- Advanced clinical assessment skills or willingness to develop these
- Presentation skills and ability to work effectively single handily with individuals and groups
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Basic computer skills
- Motivation and counselling skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Basic counselling skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Confident
- Self-motivated
- Flexible, adaptable and creative
- Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions
- Able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines
- Able to reflect and appraise own performance
- Able to deal with distressed clients and their relatives
- Able to maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Orleas Mullings
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Diabetes And Endocrinology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087251429
- Additional information
Contact: 02087251429/ 0935
Informal chat / visit highly recommended
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