Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Honiton Surgery are looking for an experienced diabetes nurse to join our practice team.

We are looking for someone for 19hrs a week, to lead on the management of our diabetes patients. This would suit someone with experience of working with diabetes patients in a hospital, community or primary care setting.

Working with the nursing team, as a member of the practice multidisciplinary team, thepost holder will ensure practice diabetes services are delivered effectively tothe our patients.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Delivering nurse led clinics to assess,diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients for patients presenting with diabetes, pre- diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis.

In collaboration with other members ofthe practice team, lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services,promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care.

Initiate Insulin and GLP1s where indicated

Provide support and mentorship to other colleagues within the practice

Contribute to practice targets bothlocal and national, e.g. QOF.

Refer patients to other service/agencies as appropriate.

Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion screening.

We are a very busy, well-established GP practice of 17,749 patients and are located in the market town of Honiton in East Devon. We have 5 GP Partners, 13 Salaried GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 1 Lead Practice Nurse, plus all the associated teams that incorporate our workforce. We have active participation in PCN development with two other local practices and have a good rating with CQC.

The Partners and Practice Manager are innovative and forward thinking, and always open to continuing the development of future systems that support excellent patient care and staff wellbeing.

We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic individual who is proactive and well organised. They will need to be passionate about delivering high standards of patient care.

The right candidate will require excellent leadership skills to help us move forward in this exciting and challenging time for General Practice. Individuals should be adaptable and able to understand and respond to the diverse and dynamic nature of the role, being able to balance the needs of the practice with the ever-changing challenges of providing healthcare. We look forward to welcoming a highly motivated individual to work alongside our Nursing Team and the Partners in leading our friendly team.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Diabetes Specialist Nurse There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. To operate nurse led clinics to assess,diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients for patients presenting with diabetes, pre- diabetes or undifferentiated diagnosis.

b. In collaboration with other members ofthe practice team, lead the planning and delivery of diabetes services,promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care.

c. Initiate Insulin and GLP1s where indicated

d. Provide support and mentorship to other colleagues within the practice

e. Contribute to practice targets bothlocal and national, e.g. QOF.

f. Refer patients to other service/agencies as appropriate.

g. Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion screening.

h. Undertake home visits for patients with diabetes as required.

i. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

j. To ensure clinical codes are used effectively by all members of the nursing team

k. To ensure the appropriate use of chronic disease registers

l. Work to support compliance and adherence to prescribed treatments by detecting and managing side effects and or adverse reactions.

m. To request pathology services and process pathology results as required.

n. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).

o. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

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