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Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week
This is an exciting opportunity to work as our lead nurse for the inpatient diabetes team at Countess of Chester NHS trust. This is an ideal opportunity for a current band 7 nurse to continue their development, or for a band 6 nurse with inpatient experience wanting to expand their knowledge in the area, to shape the inpatient diabetes experience for patients, families and staff at the Countess,.
It is an opportunity for someone with an enthusiasm for inpatient diabetes and a wish to extend their expertise in this field. The post will include responsibility for leading the service and planning the future care for inpatients with diabetes, using GRIFT and JBDS guidelines to push the service forward, you will be involved in the development and shaping our service working within the MDT diabetes team and wider hospital specialties so that it is fit for the future for our patients with diabetes while they are residing at the Countess of Chester. You will need to show empathy and sensitivity to the needs of the patients, have good communication skills, together with a friendly, polite, and professional attitude.
You will need excellent clinical, organizational, IT and communication skills.
Work as a highly-skilled independent practitioner implementing and recommending treatment based on expert clinical. Provide comprehensive evidence-based highly specialist clinical care, training, and consultancy to both people with diabetes and other professionals.
Providing advice, support, and education to our patients their families. Contributing to Patient MDT meetings/case conferences, referrals to other services to meet the patients needs.
Assess, advise, and take appropriate action for bleeps, ward referrals emergency and routine phone calls from GPs, practice nurses, district nurses, hospital-based staff and other Healthcare professionals.
Be responsible and accountable for managing the inpatient caseload of patients, with multiple medical conditions and complex needs. To provide an expert diabetes nursing service, giving support, advice, and information diabetes
Act as an expert resource, providing clinical advice and support to others involved in providing care for people with diabetes, in secondary care and patients that need district nurse input in the community.
Work as an independent practitioner and demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing.
Practice advanced clinical skills and maintain a high professional standard of care and expertise'
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.