Job Description

We are recruiting a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes Team .



The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base in relation to Diabetes and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment.



The post holder is expected to demonstrate leadership values within the team and contribute to the delivery of specialist nursing care, case management and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for selfcare and complex management of patient pathways



An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse, to work within Sefton Place Community Diabetes team as a Clinical Specialist Nurse.



You will be expected to work within Sefton Place the Diabetes Team provide a service to patients in Southport, Formby and the South Sefton area.



The post holder will need to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare environment. Experience of Leadership/Management is also essential for the role as the post holder will be expected to undertake some leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader.



It is essential that they demonstrate excellent leadership and communication skills, ensuring that they use initiative and work autonomously and that the post holder can lead a team effectively.



As an active member of a team, the post holder is expected to deliver specialist nursing care, case manage and provide direct patient care, acting as an expert practitioner to optimise patient health, provide education for selfcare and complex management of patient pathway The Specialist Diabetes Nurse will be part of a multi -disciplinary team and adapt an integrated approach to care deliver and actively support integration and service transformation



Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.



We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.



At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.



Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.



Provide highly specialised clinical advice and support to service users and the wider healthcare team - this will include clinical assessment, diagnostic skills, non-medical

prescribing and implementation of management and treatment plans



Be responsible for the delivery of the service within the area.



Work cooperatively and collaboratively with other services/stakeholders to enable service users are treated in the most appropriate setting.



Ensure that the team provides a high quality service to its clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision.



Ensure that teams work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to service users with both planned and unplanned care needs.



Maintain clinical credibility by providing clinical care and supporting members of the team within the clinical environment.



Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.



Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role



Acts as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.



Implement plans for the team including rotas and schedules/working patterns to ensure business continuity.



Practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making



Provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the wider healthcare when managing complex and highly complex situations.



Assess patient/client conditions and consider a range of options when delivering complex and highly complex clinical care.



Following holistic assessment of health needs, develop specialist individualised care plans to fulfil those needs, with the involvement of patients/clients and carers.



Implement and evaluate care delivery for patients/clients with identified needs.



Ensure that all clinical activity provided by the team directly reflects the core objectives of health promotion, supported self-care, disease specific management, management of long term conditions and end of life/palliative care.



Set objectives by which performance will be monitored.



Work with team leader and service lead to deliver local based services, by participating in meetings and communicating the outcomes to staff.



Support team leader to provide reports to the service lead on staff and patient activity as requested.



Work in collaboration with others to support practice development and service modernisation



Contribute to the development of role and service redesign.



Actively participate in policy and service development authoring protocols as required



Provide induction to the local working environment, and policies for new team members and students



Be an authorised signatory, ensuring probity in the authorisation of timecards and mileage claims.



Monitor budgets reporting over/under spending to the budget holder.



Support team leader with PACE reviews of team members



Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect local needs



Ensure that administration and clerical duties are appropriately delegated to clerical support officers.



Provide data that supports the monitoring of team contract and objectives.



Participate in audits and research, as required.



Participate in individual and group supervision



. Support with the implementation of mentorship and clinical supervision with the team



Ensure that record keeping within the team is consistent with professional standards



Initiate training and development of team members. Monitor and maintain standards of patient care delivery. Including maintaining and monitoring of clinical competency and standards of record keeping



In conjunction with the team leader and service lead, ensure systems are in place for the ongoing review and assessment of care provision



Work within guidelines to identify and manage risk, reporting identified risks to the team leader and service lead



Report any incidents as per Trust policies and support or undertake any investigations as delegated by the team leader and service lead



Monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced

based and supported by best practice, through the use of audit, caseload and clinical supervision



Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.



Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.



Provide support to team members holding responsibility for mentoring students



Support with the identification of skills deficits within the team and identify methods of addressing these to support service delivery, improvement and development