Practice Nurse special interest in Diabetes

Practice Nurse with special interest in Diabetes

We are seeking an exceptional Practice Nursewith extensive experience in long term conditions management and special interest in Diabetes. Desirable criteria: knowledge of diabetes management and medication intensification and insulin titration. To be able to work with type 1 and type2 diabetes management, nurse prescriber and flexible working home visits etc. You will work closely with our Diabetes Specialist Lead to ensure the Practice achieves Q.O.F. and other quality targets whilst also leadingin a clinical area of Diabetes.

As a Practice Nurse with specialist interest in diabetes you will support other Practice Nurses within the team, Nurse Associate and Clinical Support Workers

This role requires consolidation of specialist knowledge and skills in general practice nursing especially diabetes demonstrating a depth of knowledge, understandingand competence that supports evidenced informed, complex, autonomous and independent decision-making, and care in general practice and related settings.

Those new to this role will need a period of preceptorship. This role will require personal resilience, management, clinical leadership and supervision and mentorship of others in the general practice nursing team and providing an effective learning environment for staff and students in the wider team. Therole will require an innovative approach in supporting and developing newmodels and strategies for service delivery, usually incorporating inter-professional and inter-agency approaches to monitor and improve care.

General Practice Nurse with Diabetes specialist knowledge to deliver care to the practice population, butalso need to have an understanding of the public health profile and population needs in order to be proactive in ensuring services are, as far as possible, matched to need.

Brownlow Health is a large City Centre organisation in Liverpool with a patient population of 80, 000. We have attained outstanding inour most recent CQC inspection and have been shortlisted for five awards inthis years General Practice Awards including Nursing Team of the Year.

The Nurse Management team, comprising of three nurse managers and lead by a Nurse Partner are proud to have successfully created such a multi-skilled Nursing Team. This range of experience and skill mix has enabled the team to provide a more focussedquality driven service to meet the health needs of our patients, whilst also improving patient access and appointment capacity. We are now looking for an exceptional Practice Nurse to join our team.

We offer ourteam numerous benefits and put staff well-being at the core. We offer flexible working and protected study leave with financial allowance. You will receive a6-month mentorship/induction package and salary and annual leave in line with Agenda for Change.

If required, Extended access will form part of your contracted hours.

If you are successful at interview and are registered with any of the Brownlow sites, you are required to change practices and this will be a stipulate of employment.

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This role requires the ability to work independently and collaboratively,using freedom to exercise judgement about actions while accepting professional accountability and responsibility. This requires:

Enhanced critical thinking andability to critically analyse a broad range of policies, literature and evidence to support clinical practice.

Ability to analyse service provision in relation to both quality assurance and quality monitoring, and tofocus on patient outcomes wherever possible.

Strong clinical leadership of theteam and clarity of expectation of team members with respect to quality-of-care delivery and values inherent in nursing practice. Emotional intelligence to recognise pressures on staff and the development of mechanisms to support and develop staff to recognise the impact of caring for people who may be experiencing complex healthcare issues.

Enhanced knowledge of the local community and needs and resources available,…