Bank Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Employer: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Luton Town

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro-rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59

Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative, and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.

Job overview: Are you looking for a career in the NHS, but unsure where to begin? It’s a great time to apply to join our OUTSTANDING organisation. The post holder will provide specialist diabetes advice and clinical support, demonstrating a sound knowledge of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of diabetes. They will support the delivery of structured educational programs to people with diabetes and provide specialist advice to GPs and other health professionals about diabetes, especially regarding medication adjustment and supporting the management of patients with complex needs.

Working closely with General Practices and other Health Care Professionals, they will support the delivery of integrated diabetes services across the primary/secondary care interface. They will also contribute to Clinical Governance within the service by participating in audits and research as part of the team, and champion priorities within national diabetes strategies and NICE guidance/standards for diabetes.

Main duties of the job:

• Receive direct patient referrals according to referral criteria set out in the service contract and participate in joint clinics as necessary.
• Contribute to preventing avoidable hospital admissions by providing a holistic assessment of patients' individual needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivered and support self-management.
• Organise and coordinate overall care to meet clients’ care needs, which may be complex, involving other professionals and agencies in an integrated and coordinated way.
• Understand approaches to motivating behavioural change for patients and their carers and champion diabetes self-management.
• Work as an autonomous specialist practitioner in conjunction with senior nurses in the team.
• Understand the implications of cultural differences for service delivery.
• Plan and prioritise own caseload.
• Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge and advice to other health care professionals involved in diabetes care.
• Collect, evaluate, report and maintain accurate patient records on the Diabetes Computer Software System – SystmOne.
• Support the delivery of group education including DESMOND, DESMOND Foundation, Walk-Away and other bespoke programmes including specific programmes for the South Asian community.

Working for our organisation: Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture that prioritises staff engagement and development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Leadership: Support the team's delivery and evaluation of services; identify areas for improvement and contribute to future development plans.
• Ensure safe use of equipment by self and other health care professionals, maintaining stock and ordering supplies and equipment.
• Liaise with community nurses, GPs, and hospital staff to ensure a comprehensive diabetes service across primary/secondary care.
• Actively participate with the Lead and other Diabetes Nurse Specialists in formulating, implementing and evaluating policies and procedures relating to diabetes care.
• Develop relationships with external organisations and across boundaries.
• Ensure own competencies, mandatory and role-specific training are up-to-date.
• Provide a positive public relations image by dealing with queries from members of the public.

Communication: Promote and facilitate excellent working relationships and communication within the Integrated Community Diabetes Services and multi-disciplinary teams. Communicate highly sensitive, condition-related information to patients and their relatives, demonstrating good interpersonal and communication skills. Understand data protection and patient confidentiality policies and procedures, accurately recording clinical observations and updating patient/client records. Create opportunities to promote and share good practice, locally and nationally, by undertaking presentations and publications. Anticipate barriers to communication and use interpreters or tools as required. Produce accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation, policy and procedure. Attend, lead and participate in relevant meetings and events, including research projects and conferences as required. Build and develop relationships between all health professionals involved in the patient pathway.

Research & Development Activity: Contribute to research, surveillance, and clinical audit to improve the effectiveness of patient care. Promote the use of research in practice. Contribute to appropriate audits of services from user and provider perspectives and respond to research findings.

Clinical and Practice Governance: Observe and maintain strict confidentiality regarding any patient/family/staff records in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Adhere to Trust risk assessment and management processes. Adhere to infection control policies and procedures. Maintain current professional registration with your professional body. Participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required. Provide patients and their families/carers with information on standards they should expect from the team. Participate in Clinical & Safeguarding supervision regularly. Participate in relevant emergency preparedness processes for the team.

Continuing Professional Development: Undertake ongoing personal, professional and management development in line with the responsibilities of the post. Demonstrate commitment to the Improving Working Lives initiative.

General: Safeguarding people responsibility. Safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility. All staff are expected to develop and maintain their role-relevant safeguarding competencies and comply with local safeguarding partnerships practice. Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing, and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. It is integral to providing high-quality health care. Those most in need of protection include: Children and young people; Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in their own home, people with physical, sensory, and mental impairments, and those with learning disabilities.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults: The Trust is committed to the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and has signed up to Luton’s Safeguarding Children Board and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board Policies and procedures to which the post holder must be familiar with and adhere to. The post holder must carry out their duties with regard to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy. All post holders must adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality and be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the Trust. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure of Barring Service to be made to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff, or users in line with its equal opportunities policy and policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.

Person specification:

• Qualifications: Registered Nurse Level 1; Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience; Post registration qualification in Diabetes or working towards/willing to undertake the course; Independent Non Medical Prescriber or working towards/willing to undertake the course; DESMOND trained or willingness to train; Counselling certificate/diploma.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years post registration clinical experience; Relevant clinical experience in diabetes; Some experience of working across organisational boundaries; Ability to work autonomously; Understanding of Clinical Governance; Understanding of NSF for Diabetes; Awareness of working in a multicultural team and with a multicultural client group; Evidence of a commitment to personal and professional development and the capacity to reflect and learn from others; Involvement in audit research and guidance-based practice; Experience of working with multicultural groups; Previous experience of delivering education sessions/programmes.
• Skills: Teaching/Assessment skills; Organisational and negotiation skills and ability to prioritise workload; Effective communicator and ability to manage complex cases; Works well as part of a team; Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy relating to diabetes; Able to work under own initiative and achieve deadlines; Committed and flexible to work across community clinics; Experience in counselling patients; Experience in Trust-wide computer systems i.e. ICE, SystemOne, mobile IT working; Ability to communicate at a senior level to both internal and external agencies.

Certificate of Sponsorship: For roles that are eligible for sponsorship, applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker Visa to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. 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.

UK Registration: For roles that require professional registration, applicants must have current UK professional registration. Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we’ll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. In submitting an application, you authorise Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE will be via the e-mail address on your application form. If you have not been invited to interview within 2 weeks of the closing date, you unfortunately haven’t been successful on this occasion, but keep an eye on our vacancies as a job that’s just right for you may appear!