A Vacancy at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Cambridge Team working full time 37.5 hours per week. If you have compassion, empathy with the ability to work autonomously, this is the opportunity for you. The starting band for this post is band 6. Once started within the role you will develop an action plan with your line manager to support your transition into a band 7 role.
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team with the aim of preventing admission and providing ongoing care for patients with Diabetes Disease within the community.
You will also be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with complex Diabetes needs, using evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess plan implement and evaluate inventions
The role includes promoting better understanding of Diabetes for patients, their families and carers and other agencies involved with the patient through education, support and counselling.
• In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and in line with local and national targets provide specialist evidence based nursing advise to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/ carers without supervision
• This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings
• Provide expert advice and education for Healthcare professionals involved in the care of people with diabetes and their carers.
• Acting as a resource for general practice and working to reduce admissions, improve diabetes outcomes and quality of life for people with diabetes
• To provide advanced clinical practice in the field of diabetes care and ensure the provision of a quality patient focussed diabetes service in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
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Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• Plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence based practice and the application of clinical reasoning skills
• Promote and support self-management and engage with patient support groups
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including management of patients in your care.
• To organise the caseload efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time
• Promote better understanding of Diabetes for patients, their families and carers and other agencies involved with the patient through education, support and counselling.
• To delegate care of patients, as appropriate, to assistant staff and supervise their work
• Recognise and act on signs, symptoms and complications of diabetes conditions
• To manage a caseload of patients with complex Diabetes needs, using evidence based practice and patient centred goals to assess plan implement and evaluate inventions
• To deliver accredited Type 2 (DESMOND) Structured Education to newly diagnosed patients
• To attend regular team meetings and other meetings as required.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Dec 2024