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Main area
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Secondment: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
350-CC23577148
Employer
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Litherland Town Hall Health Walk In Centre
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Band 7

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Job overview

We are recruiting a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes Team .

The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base in relation to Diabetes and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment.

The post holder is expected to demonstrate leadership values within the team and contribute to the delivery of specialist nursing care, case management and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for selfcare and complex management of patient pathways

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse, to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes team as a Clinical Specialist Nurse. 

You will be expected to work within Sefton Place the Diabetes Team provide a service to patients in Southport, Formby and the South Sefton area.

 

The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. Experience of Leadership/Management is also essential for the role as the post holder will be expected to undertake some leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader. 

 

It is essential that they demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, ensuring that they use initiative and work autonomously and that the post holder can lead a team effectively.

 

As an active member of a team, the post holder is expected to deliver specialist nursing care, case manage and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for selfcare and complex management of patient pathway The Specialist Diabetes Nurse will be part of a multi -disciplinary team and adapt an integrated approach to care deliver and actively support integration and service transformation

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role requirements.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher)
  • Appropriate prescriber (V300) or enrolled on course and due to complete
  • Evidence of CPD/Short courses
  • Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards)
  • First line management qualification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
  • Experience of management and clinical leadership
  • Experience of successful multiagency working
  • Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
  • Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
  • Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
  • Understanding how other agencies work
  • Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
  • Experience of management and clinical leadership
  • Experience of successful multiagency working
  • Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
  • Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
  • Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
  • Understanding how other agencies work
  • Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area

Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT literate.
  • Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
  • Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to understand and analyse complex data
  • Risk assessment skills
  • Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
  • Self-management and motivation skills
  • Report writing skills
  • Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
  • Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable criteria
  • Research skills

Skills

Essential criteria
  • IT literate.
  • Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
  • Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to understand and analyse complex data
  • Risk assessment skills
  • Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
  • Self-management and motivation skills
  • Report writing skills
  • Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
  • Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable criteria
  • Research skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Greenwood-Chong
Job title
Operational Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07387120358
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