Diabetes Specialist NurseNHS

Job summary

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Band 7

Permanent

22.5 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) to be at the forefront of driving up standards and quality in diabetes care within Aintree diabetes service. The role will include implementation of NICE guidance to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes within our service. This includes the national agenda to enable the use of technology to assist and support people self managing their condition. The role involves working in a variety of clinical areas , outpatient clinics in the Diabetes Centre and ward clinical areas within Aintree Hospital. The successful applicant must have experience of working autonomously within the field of Diabetes and with the ability to work to evidence-based guidelines; audit the care given to patients to make and suggest improvements in services. The post holder will also be required to deliver complex educational packages to health care professionals and patients around effective diabetes management.

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Main duties of the job

Act as Diabetes clinical expert to ward staff and medical staff, junior doctors and medical staff as a professional resource to Multi-Professional teams, patients and carers within the Diabetes speciality service.

The post holder will support the development of specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality teams across Acute Hospital.

The post holder will carry responsibility for a defined case load and offer highly specialist advice, setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework

They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for delivery of care within the specialist area across the Acute hospital areas (Aintree)

Job description

Perform specialist assessment of patients care needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.

Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.

Co-ordinate and manage clinician-led clinics (within Speciality).

Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.

Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.

Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.

To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.

To lead the specialist contribution to the service, in the delivery of high standards of patient care.

To lead the specialist contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care.

Act as a role model and expert clinician providing in depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers / relatives.

Undertake clinical supervision of colleagues on an individual or group basis.

Act as a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality.

Provide leadership to the team of specialists and working with the matron, develop new roles / ways of working (High Impact Changes). Linked to directorate business plans.

Management / Operational

Support management of a team of specialist clinicians towards achieving directorate, and Trust objectives

Support monitoring sickness, absence and competence issues in line with Trust Policy. Support recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.