Description
We are seeking a Band 6 Bank Diabetes Specialist Nurse to work collaboratively with the Service Lead, the wider Diabetes Team, and other members of the multi-disciplinary diabetes team.
The successful candidate will provide comprehensive, evidence-based diabetes care for people with diabetes and healthcare professionals within the Bromley area.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing highly specialist clinical care, training, and consultancy to people with diabetes and other professionals
- Working as a highly skilled independent practitioner implementing and recommending treatment based on expert clinical judgement
- Reviewing patients currently being seen by the District Nursing service for insulin administration
- Contributing to the development of diabetes services across provider boundaries
As a Bank Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will work 15 hours a week with flexible working arrangements.
The salary for this position ranges from £39,959 to £48,117 per annum, inclusive of HCAS pro rata.
We offer an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme.
The main duties of the job include:
- Providing an expert diabetes nursing service, giving support, advice, and information about diabetes to patients and their significant others
- Acting as an expert resource, providing clinical advice and support to others involved in providing care for people with diabetes
- Working as an independent practitioner and demonstrating specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice
- Practicing advanced clinical skills and maintaining a high professional standard of care and expertise
- Assessing, advising, and taking appropriate action for walk-in patients, emergency and routine phone calls from GPs, practice nurses, district nurses, hospital-based staff, and patients
- Being responsible and accountable for managing a varied case load of patients, including patients with multiple medical conditions and complex needs
- Organising and undertaking comprehensive assessments and interpreting clinical data
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating specialist programmes of care which meet the varying and complex needs of the individual patient
- Undertaking the initiation and stabilisation of insulin and oral hypoglycaemic therapies
- Providing treatment in emergency situations, including the administration of glucogen for severe hypoglycaemia
- Using counselling and motivational interviewing skills to enable, motivate, and empower people with diabetes to make sustainable lifestyle changes