Are you passionate about providing high-quality care and improving the lives of patients with diabetes? Join our innovative and ambitious team at Primary Care Sheffield Practices as a Specialist Diabetic Practice Nurse!
We are seeking an experienced and qualified Advanced Practice Nurse with prescribing abilities and a special interest in diabetes. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in delivering exceptional clinical care to our practice population, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
About the Role: As a Specialist Diabetic Practice Nurse, you will:
* Provide advanced care for patients with uncontrolled and complex diabetes.
* Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of or with poorly controlled diabetes.
* Develop and implement care plans, prescribe within your competence, and support junior staff.
* Deliver health education, audit care standards, and contribute to service development.
* Undertake occasional home visits and liaise with secondary care colleagues and agencies.
What We Offer:
* A dynamic, person-centered environment aligned with our core values: innovative, empowering, ambitious, and open.
* Opportunities for continuing professional development and training in long-term conditions like dementia.
* A collaborative workplace committed to delivering outstanding care and achieving Quality Outcomes Framework targets.
What We're Looking For:
* Formal qualifications and a proven history in diabetes care.
* Advanced clinical assessment, prescribing, and patient care planning skills.
* Leadership and mentoring abilities.
* Dedication to evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.
If you are a motivated and skilled professional ready to make a meaningful impact in diabetic care, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to become part of our innovative and ambitious team!
About us
Primary Care Sheffield (PCS) is a GP led organisation, which supports the development of primary care and provides NHS services for patients across the city. Through the 75 GP practices who are our shareholders and the seven practices we run in partnership with Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, we cover a patient population of more than 600,000 people. Patient care is at the heart of what we do, alongside providing a high quality service for our patients. We are not afraid of aiming high and embracing change. We value courageous and open-minded individuals, who are able to create new and innovative ideas whilst also being able to share their knowledge and expertise. Teamwork and collaborating well with others is essential. This is what it's like to be part of PCS.
A run of successful bids and new contract wins over the past year have seen our team expand and we now require a practice-based diabetic specialist nurse for our growing, forward-thinking organisation and the effective delivery of our services.
Job responsibilities
Job Title: Specialist Diabetic Practice Nurse
Band: F
Accountable to: Clinical Nurse Manager
Job Purpose
To provide a high quality, easily accessible nursing service to the practice population, making best use of clinical skills with a focus on diabetes, within the practices enabling the provision of a diverse range of services within the competence of the post holder. Working at an advanced level and focusing on the prevention, management, and treatment of Diabetes.
General Requirements
To provide clinical care to the practice population registered with Primary Care Sheffield Practices.
* To work autonomously as part of the multidisciplinary team, managing own workload, to include assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of care in complex patients.
* To be aware of confidentiality issues and practice these in accordance.
* To ensure a safe working environment fulfilling the requirements of the Health and Safety Policy.
* To be sensitive to the needs of the multicultural community.
* To be willing to extend personal knowledge and ability by continuing education both within the practice and by outside agencies.
* To take responsibility for personal competency including participation in clinical supervision.
* To work within the NMC code of professional practice.
* To have an annual PDR with line Manager.
* To undertake further training as required enabling duties to be carried out.
* Delivery of clinical care and health education to the practice population.
Service Development
Assist in the development of practice policies and procedures. To ensure care is delivered with regards to evidence-based practice and the implementation of national and local guidelines.
Person Specification
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Experience in liaising with General Practitioners and other Health Care Professionals.
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
* Competent clinical skills with a strong knowledge of chronic disease management.
* Able to use analytical skills in practice.
* Able to undertake Audit and implement changes from audit.
* Able to undertake quality improvement projects.
* Undertake or be part of research.
* Excellent interpersonal and organisation skills.
* Clear understanding of legal issues, professional accountability and responsibility.
* IT experience.
Qualifications
* RGN
* V300 Non-Medical Prescriber
* Diploma or equivalent in Diabetes
* Chronic disease diploma or equivalent in Asthma, COPD, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Stroke.
Experience
* 5+ years practicing as a Practice Nurse in Primary Care or working as a diabetic specialist nurse or equivalent in Primary Care.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
* Able to demonstrate high level of personal professional autonomy and accountability.
* Use evidence-based knowledge, professional and clinical judgement to assess, plan and implement high-quality person-centred care.
* Management of complex care.
* Experience in leadership or line management.
Management
* Experience in managing and mentoring junior staff members, practice nurses, NAs, TNAs, HCA and student nurses.
* Ability to be flexible and adaptable to change.
* Understanding of clinical governance.
Self Management
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Able to manage time effectively.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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