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Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a registered NMC Nurse with significant experience as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse for the permanent, full-time role of Senior Specialist Diabetes Nurse. This role entails hybrid working (37.5 hours, Monday to Friday) and aims to enhance service delivery for patients with Type II Diabetes.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the diabetes specialist nursing team and collaborating with multidisciplinary colleagues (e.g., dietitians, GPs, pharmacists).
- Managing a caseload of patients with complex diabetes needs, applying advanced behavioral management techniques.
- Conducting clinical audits and gathering patient feedback to inform service improvement.
- Providing clinical supervision to team members and ensuring adherence to evidence-based guidelines.
Candidates should be enthusiastic, motivated, and team-oriented, with a desire to develop leadership skills. A driving license and access to a car for work are essential. Non-Medical Prescriber status is preferred but not required if willing to pursue it.
For more information, candidates can contact the Clinical Head of Service, Johanna Scott. Interviews are scheduled for December 13, 2024.
We are looking to recruit a registered NMC Nurse, who has experience as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust who is enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward thinking, to help us drive improvements in service delivery.
This post is permanent, flexible (hybrid working), full time 37.5 hours Monday to Friday service.
- Do you have extensive experience as a nurse working in diabetes with proven clinical skills?
- Are you a Non-Medical Prescriber? Or willing to work towards this?
- Wanting to develop your leadership skills?
- Are you a team player who works with others to deliver a high-quality service, embrace innovation and would like the opportunity of variety that community settings offer?
The Community Diabetes multi-disciplinary team works across health care settings and patients homes within Leeds and consists of specialist nurses, dietitians, GP's, pharmacists and diabetes facilitators who provide care and treatment to patients living with Type II Diabetes. This role is designed to provide leadership to our diabetes specialist nursing team and to work alongside our clinical lead nurse, clinical lead dietitian and team manager.
All staff are provided with a laptop and smart phone for hybrid working and remote access to SystmOne.
For further information please contact Clinical Head of Service: Johanna Scott Email: Telephone:
Interviews are planned for Friday 13th December 2024
Responsibilities:-
- You will be involved in clinical audits, as well as obtaining patient feedback to support with both service development and clinical team support.
- You will be directly involved in pathway development providing ideas and feedback directly to clinical and operation heads of service.
- You will hold a caseload of patients living with complex Type II diabetes. Within this you will utilise highly developed behavioural management techniques with a focus on patient self-management.
- You will attend and help to facilitate relevant Team meetings, and other meetings as necessary to discuss care of patients and service provision.
- You will provide ongoing clinical supervision for all diabetes nurses within the team to ensure treatment delivery adheres to current evidence, local and NICE guidance and the service specification with alignment to the Leeds Diabetes strategy.
- You will play an integral part in developing current pathways as well as service redesign with a view to enhancing the community Diabetes offer in Leeds including liaising with our primary and secondary care partners.
Essential Requirements
- You will hold a driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.
- You will be a confident communicator with experience communicating effectively with other members of a team using for example SystmOne, outlook, MS teams or other Trust specific communication methods and be IT literate.
About us
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached in the supporting documents section.
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