Surgical Diabetes Nurse Educator

Job overview

We are seeking a nurse who has a positive approach and is committed to making a difference. You will need to demonstrate a keenness to work in the field of diabetes, effective communication and teamwork. Experience of supporting patients and carers with diabetes management would be an advantage but not essential as training and development in role will be provided.

Applicants must have good communication skills, and have a flexible approach to working hours. Applicants should be able to demonstrate criteria as set out within the job description and person specification. Successful applicants will receive training to support them in the role.

Main duties of the job

This band 6 Surgical Diabetes Nurse Educator role will include the following:

The post holder will provide on-going specialist education and training for patients, carers and staff around safe management of diabetes care. The post holder will be the main link for diabetes nursing within the Surgical Directorate and will visit these ward and clinical areas daily (Monday to Friday) develop a collaborative working relationship and offer daily support to the surgical nurses, doctors and AHPs.

individual’s needs/abilities, to professionals, people with diabetes and carers in all aspects of diabetes care.

Provide advice using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate routine and specialist interventions with the support of a management plan.

To be accountable for safe and appropriate advice around medications used commonly within the speciality of diabetes care.

To support the diabetes team in planning, development and evaluation of diabetes services across the locality.

organisation.

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 patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health care needs.

Providing individualised education to patients and carers to support diabetes management and promoting healthy lifestyle.

Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.

Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.

Clinical sessions in a variety of settings mostly ward based reviews. Supporting safe effective discharge from hospital.

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

Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives.

Managerial/Leadership

Provide specialist, expert clinical knowledge to clinical colleagues, patients 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 patient 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
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality

• Recordable specialist qualification
• Independent Nurse Prescribing
• ECDL

Experience

• Post registration experience.
• Extensive clinical experience.
• Involvement in audit

• Participation in audit
• Evidence of leading and facilitating change

Knowledge

• Diabetes nursing knowledge and skills.

Skills

• Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills.
• Effective communicator.
• Leadership & motivation skills
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Computer literate
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team

Other

• Diplomatic.
• Assertive and confident.
• Recognition of own limitations.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Flexibility.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

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.