As a Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse Team Lead, you will work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes Team, providing operational team leader support, along with clinical support to patients on the caseload. The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base in relation to Diabetes and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. The post holder is expected to provide visible leadership, demonstrating leadership values within the team and contribute to the delivery of specialist nursing care, caseload management and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for self-care and complex management of patient pathways.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse, to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes team as a Clinical Specialist Nurse Team Lead. You will be expected to work within Sefton Place the Diabetes Team provide a service to patients in Southport, Formby and the South Sefton area. The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Experience of Leadership/Management is also essential for the role. It is essential that you possess excellent leadership and communication skills, ensuring that you take initiative and work autonomously to effectively lead the team.
As an active member of a team, the post holder is expected to deliver specialist nursing care, manage caseloads and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for self-care and complex management of patient pathways. The Specialist Diabetes Nurse will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and adapt an integrated approach to care delivery and actively support integration and service transformation.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher)
* Appropriate prescriber (V300)
* Evidence of CPD/Short courses
* Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable
* Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards)
* First line management qualification
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
* Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
* Experience of management and clinical leadership
* Experience of successful multiagency working
* Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
* Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
* Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
* Understanding how other agencies work
* Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable
* Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area
Skills
Essential
* IT literate.
* Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
* Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
* Ability to understand and analyse complex data
* Risk assessment skills
* Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
* Self-management and motivation skills
* Report writing skills
* Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
* Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable
* Research skills
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Sefton Place
L34 1PJ
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