Diabetes Nurse Educator

Job overview

The role will include working within a variety of clinical settings: the inpatients diabetes nurses assessing and reviewing people with diabetes who are in hospital as well as working within the outpatient department and some community based diabetes clinics

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide on-going specialist education and skills training for people with diabetes, carers and staff around management of diabetes as well as promote self-management strategies and provide opportunities for health promotion.

The post holder will contribute to the implementation of evidence based practice in line with national and local diabetes strategies and guidelines and will be given the opportunity to support service development or audit projects within the department.

The role is predominantly based in the diabetes centre with inpatient ward based clinical assessment and reviews and will also include some diabetes outpatient and community clinics.

There is scope to develop knowledge in new advances in the care of those with Diabetes such as continuous blood glucose monitoring and insulin pumps and linking in with the wider Diabetes MDT such as medical team and Diabetes Specialist Nurses.

The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined case load or offering specialist service advice, this will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, management and education.

The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/specialty corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working closely with the Diabetes Specialist Nurses to perform comprehensive assessment of nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.

Providing individualised education to people with diabetes and carers to support diabetes management and promoting healthy lifestyle. Supporting people with diabetes whilst they are in hospital within Aintree hospital, improving the patient safety, experience and outcomes and timely discharge back to place of residence

Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate person centred records.

Involve people with diabetes and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.

Clinical sessions in a variety of settings including ward based reviews, outpatient clinics, and community clinics.

Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure individual person needs are met, especially in relation to on going care needs and discharge arrangements.

Establish and maintain effective communication with people with diabetes and carers/relatives.

Managerial/Leadership

Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, people with diabetes and carers / relatives.

Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis

Participate in the development of services and assists the Nurse Consultant to implement change.

Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources.

Monitor health, safety and security of self and others and promote best practice in the ward area.

Education and Development

Provide education and development opportunities for others including individual education and education of other health care professionals.

Develop own “expert” clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others clinical knowledge.

Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and revalidation requirements.

Clinical Governance

• maintain current active professional registration
• act always in accordance with their professional Code of Conduct and guiding documents
• adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
• maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
• maintain a professional portfolio

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse / Midwife
• Post-graduate/registration Teaching and Assessing qualification/equivalent

• Non-medical prescriber

Knowledge

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
• Knowledge of National guidance on diabetes management principles

Other

• Assertive

Experience

• Range of clinical experience
• Participated in service development and implementation of change.

• Experience of diabetes nursing in specialist team

Skills

• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage own workload and work with minimal supervision
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• Prioritisation and time management skills

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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.