Diabetes Nurse

Hilltops Medical Centre are looking to welcome a new diabetes nurse to the team.  This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high performing GP surgery.  We are seeking someone to work 16 hours per week, over two days. As a diabetes nurse working in general practice, your duty will be to provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Run special diabetic clinics for patients
• Give patients appropriate dietary and lifestyle advice, including advice about counting carbohydrates
• Development of individual patient management plans
• Assist in the formulation of appropriate diabetic protocols
• Monitor the overall practice performance in the area of diabetes
• Identify high risk patients and liaise with the community diabetic team where appropriate
• Provide assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary

Essential

• Diploma in Improving Diabetes Care (Warwick) or equivalent
• PITstop or Merit injectables courses
• In-depth knowledge about the use of oral hypoglycaemias and to be able to educate patients appropriately
• In-depth knowledge about the use of insulin and to be confident advising patients on how to administer insulin and adjust doses
• Awareness of how to manage diabetic emergencies and to educate patients appropriately

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.