Specialist Diabetes outreach Nurse- Maternity Leave cover

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Diabetes team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) as a band 6 In reach/outreach Specialist Diabetes Nurse. This is a temporary post for 12 months to cover maternity leave and could be a fantastic secondment opportunity for the right person

The post holder will be an integral member of the Diabetes Service specialist team, providing care, treatment and education to patients living with diabetes and their families. This will involve working closely with the community network of health care professionals to deliver an integrated package of care between hospital and primary care in particular to empower a patient’s self-management with their insulin.

The aim of the role is to support admission avoidance through early reviews and provision of 1:1 patient education within a patient’s own place of residence and also to facilitate early discharge from acute and community hospital settings by providing continuity of care. This involves close working with District Nursing Teams for complex case management and also community hospital wards

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate competency in the development of individualised management plans for a patient with diabetes in inpatient andcommunity settings.
• To support the principle of self-management for people with diabetes and sign-post people to information and support toencourage informed decision making about living with diabetes and managing life events (e.g. peer reviewed structured educationprogrammes).
• Support the person with diabetes in setting realistic goals and in theachievement of those goals. This is often in unique circumstances.
• To support and provide training to NCIC staff in all settings in relation to management of diabetes. This may be acute wards,residential homes, district nursing teams or GP practice.
• Establish, maintain and titrate insulin regimes, and where appropriate review for discontinuation of insulin.
• Be aware of national and local guidance and training requirement on insulin safety.
• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of daily foot checks in those with poor mobility, the frail and the bedbound.
• Be familiar with the person with diabetes’ treatment regimen and device or delivery systems

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

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Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

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*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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.