Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
About
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work, offering a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
Key details
Location
Site: Madeley Health Centre
Address: Madeley Health Centre
Town: Madeley
Postcode: TF7 5BU
Major / Minor Region: Shropshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 32 hours per week (Over four days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday)
* Part time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Specialty
Main area: Community Adult Diabetes Specialist Service
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Adult Diabetes Specialist Service in the Telford and Wrekin area of the county in the provision of care in the community. We are looking for an experienced Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, to join a dedicated, supportive and inclusive team to work in our busy, professional and dynamic service. You should possess commitment to autonomous practice, interdisciplinary team working, structured education and innovative delivery of excellent standards of care. Ability to travel independently to fulfil the requirements of the post is essential.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received; we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Advert
* To have a clear understanding of the vision of the Trust and be able to translate this into a local context for operational implementation within the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service within your defined locality area.
* To assist the Service Manager in promoting the vision and contributing to the establishment of an ethos of modern, customer orientated services and translate that into a culture of effective patient/user delivery in Locality setting.
* To work with the Diabetes Specialist Nurses & Service Manager and other team leaders/managers within the county to proactively support the development and redesign of care pathways embracing the concept of care closer to home and expanding/enhancing multi-disciplinary/multi agency working for people with diabetes.
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with complex needs.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered General Nurse
* Recognised Diabetes Qualification
* Evidence of continual professional development and education
* Highly developed specialist knowledge achieved through First Level Degree or equivalent portfolio of evidence
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration experience
* Diabetes nursing experience
* Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients
* Assessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs
* Participation in service development and the implementation of change
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills
* Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to clients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand
* Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
* Ability to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions and prioritise workload
* Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
* IT skills and willingness to advance
* Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding practice, policy and guidance including statutory frameworks
* Lone worker risks - the ability to assess risk to maintain personal safety in a variety of settings
* Advanced training & utilisation skills in therapeutic/diagnosis procedures & equipment relevant to diabetes
* Ability to effect and manage change
* Knowledge of diabetes NSF, DH & NICE guidelines & their impact on strategic service developments, patient outcomes and clinical practice
Requirements due to working environment
Essential criteria
* Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
* Ability to manage unpredictable work schedule and geographical considerations to meet service demands.
* Ability to meet physical demands of the post including manual handling of clinical equipment
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Julia Morgan-Williams
Job title: Adult Diabetes Service Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07812508886
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