Advanced Clinical Practice Diabetes Specialist Nurse
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,388 - £62,785 pro rata per annum including HCAS (outer) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Hounslow, TW3 3EL |
| Company: | Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6306736/779-NN-6306736-NM-Z |
Summary
A Vacancy at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSE - BAND 8A
Are you looking for a rewarding new opportunity as anAdvanced Clinical Practice Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN)?
We have an exciting opening for an experienced and motivated candidate to join our Hounslow Community Diabetes Service (HCDS) based at Heart of Hounslow Center for Health.
This is a clinical leadership role in the team providing scope for innovative work with Primary Care Partners, Acute Providers and Community Nursing development. Within the team, supporting the development of the DSN role including with prescribing.
Why work for our team?
• Our team consists of DSNs and Diabetes Specialist Dietitians (DSD), with support from a Consultant Diabetologist.
• The service also employs 3 PCN DSDs who each work 1 day in the HCDS.
• The DSDs deliver the X-PERT education program which has won national awards for patient outcomes in the last three years.
There are opportunities for flexible working as you will be provided with the tools to deliver virtual consultations, but you will also be expected to travel around the Hounslow Borough visiting GP practices as required.
Support will be provided by the HCDS Manager and the Divisional Manager for Planned Care.
Further opportunities for training and personal development will also be available for this role.
Interviews to be held on 20 June 2024.
As part of our team, your role will:
• Lead the DSN service supporting best practice in Type 2 Diabetes in the community.
• Work closely with patients, other specialists including the Consultant DSN employed by NWL ICB, Primary Care colleagues, and Community Teams to improve the health outcomes of people with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Lead and develop the partnership working with Primary Care and the Acute Hospital to maximise patient outcomes.
• Provide support to the Consultant DSN in providing GP training in Diabetes on PITstop courses.
• Assist with supporting diabetes-related projects within the trust such as insulin education for Health Care Support workers; representation at PCN level supporting Fuller Report working groups to improve health inequalities.
Interview to take place on Thursday 20th June 2024 at Heart of Hounslow Center For Health.
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.
Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.
We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.
*****Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding the role.*****
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024
ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSE - BAND 8A
Are you looking for a rewarding new opportunity as anAdvanced Clinical Practice Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN)?
We have an exciting opening for an experienced and motivated candidate to join our Hounslow Community Diabetes Service (HCDS) based at Heart of Hounslow Center for Health.
This is a clinical leadership role in the team providing scope for innovative work with Primary Care Partners, Acute Providers and Community Nursing development. Within the team, supporting the development of the DSN role including with prescribing.
Why work for our team?
• Our team consists of DSNs and Diabetes Specialist Dietitians (DSD), with support from a Consultant Diabetologist.
• The service also employs 3 PCN DSDs who each work 1 day in the HCDS.
• The DSDs deliver the X-PERT education program which has won national awards for patient outcomes in the last three years.
There are opportunities for flexible working as you will be provided with the tools to deliver virtual consultations, but you will also be expected to travel around the Hounslow Borough visiting GP practices as required.
Support will be provided by the HCDS Manager and the Divisional Manager for Planned Care.
Further opportunities for training and personal development will also be available for this role.
Interviews to be held on 20 June 2024.
As part of our team, your role will:
• Lead the DSN service supporting best practice in Type 2 Diabetes in the community.
• Work closely with patients, other specialists including the Consultant DSN employed by NWL ICB, Primary Care colleagues, and Community Teams to improve the health outcomes of people with Type 2 Diabetes.
• Lead and develop the partnership working with Primary Care and the Acute Hospital to maximise patient outcomes.
• Provide support to the Consultant DSN in providing GP training in Diabetes on PITstop courses.
• Assist with supporting diabetes-related projects within the trust such as insulin education for Health Care Support workers; representation at PCN level supporting Fuller Report working groups to improve health inequalities.
Interview to take place on Thursday 20th June 2024 at Heart of Hounslow Center For Health.
Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It’s personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It’s the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.
Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo. It’s simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named ‘Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction’ by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.
We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.
*****Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding the role.*****
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024