Diabetes Technology Support Practitioner | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Diabetes department for the innovative post of Diabetes Technology Support Practitioner.

The successful applicant will assist clinicians in the delivery of the service providing education to people with diabetes including the use of various types of technology as well as providing clinicians with information during consultations

Working independently within a clinical setting the post holder will demonstrate technologies, ensure users are sufficiently competent in their use, provide advice for those experiencing any problems with the technology and order and maintain technology supplies within the department

The post will be linked to apprenticeship education and training

• Provide education to people with diabetes, including the use of various types of technology
• Arrange independent clinics in order to demonstrate diabetes technology and check that

• Download and transfer information from various types of technology for clinicians to utilise

• Provide ‘troubleshooting’ advice for those who are have problems with their technology
• Maintain the ‘users’ of the technology platforms that are used by the diabetes clinic
• Order and maintain the technology supplies for the department • Follow standard operating

procedures

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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• To be competent in the application, support, removal and data downloading of glucose

• Competent in delivering education sessions to people with diabetes, and teaching patients

• Working within competencies to support the Clinical Diabetes Team, undertaking clinical

• To maintain supplies for relevant tests and also for related therapeutic manoeuvres such as

• To liaise with internal, external providers and nursing staff, to ensure efficient processes.

• The Post Holder will use a variety of computer systems to order and access results. It is

• The Post Holder will inform diabetes medical and nursing staff of any variance to results

• Maintain equipment and undertake internal quality control checks.
• Where required liaise with medical engineering in terms of maintenance contracts,

• Set up, maintain and download glucose monitoring systems and share this information with

• Assist with the provision of health care for patients within the department
• Ensure that practice is in line with departmental policies and protocols within the clinical

• Support the process of continuous quality improvement, assisting in audits etc.

• Manage the clinical workload effectively; ensuring care and investigations are given the

• Contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, ensuring supplies

• Assist with the monitoring of stock levels of clinical stores and technical equipment, relevant

• Maintain confidentiality with regard to personal information pertaining to staff and patients
• Attend and contribute to departmental meetings as required.

• The post holder will be expected to participate in the process of individual performance

• Participate in and undertake any departmental audits as requested.
• You are expected to contribute ideas for improvement in your own sphere of work for the

• Work within and accept responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence

• To be an active and committed member of the multidisciplinary team within the Department.
• Demonstrate an insight into own professional development, contributing to the process of

identifying own educational and clinical training needs in conjunction with line manager.

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jan 2025