Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership

To support the teams delivery and evaluation of services; identify areas for improvement and contribute to plan the future development.

Ensure safe use of equipment by self and other health care professionals. Be involved in maintain stock and ordering of supplies and equipment.

Liaise with community nurses, GP’s and hospital staff to ensure a comprehensive diabetes service is provided across primary/secondary care.

Actively participate with the Lead and other Diabetes Nurse Specialists in formulating, implementing and evaluation of policies and procedures relating to diabetes care.

Developing relationships with external organisations and across boundaries.

Ensure own competencies, mandatory and role specific training are up-to-date.

Provide a positive public relations image by dealing with queries direct from members of the public.

Communication

To promote and facilitate excellent working relationships and communication within the Integrated Community Diabetes Services and multi-disciplinary teams, and between the hospital and community settings.

To communicate highly sensitive, condition related, information to patients and their relatives. To demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to explore health beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours.

To understand data protection and patient confidentiality and the policies and procedures surrounding them and to accurately record personally generated clinical observations, and update patient/client records.

To create opportunities to promote and share good practice, locally and nationally, by undertaking presentations and publications.

To anticipate barriers to communication and use interpreters or tools as required. 

To produce accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation, policy and procedure.

To attend, lead and participate in relevant meetings and events including relevant research projects and conferences as required 

Build and develop relationships between all health professionals involved in the patient pathway.

Key working relationships  

 Senior nurse 
All team members 
Patients, carers, and families 
Other community specialist services 
 Community Health Care Professionals 
General Practitioners and practice staff 
Luton & Dunstable hospital diabetes team      
CCS  personnel 
Local Clinical Commissioning Group 
External Organisations 
Care / Nursing Homes 
Hospital

Research & Development Activity 

1. Contribute to research, surveillance, and clinical audit in order to improve effectiveness of patient care.
2. To promote the use of research in practice.  
3. To contribute to appropriate audit of services and service role from user and provider perspectives and respond to research findings

Clinical and Practice Governance

Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed, or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.   
The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes

The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures
It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with your professional body, and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.

Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. 

The post holder must participate in clinical and safeguarding audits as required

Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team

Participate in Clinical & Safeguarding supervision on a regular basis 

The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.

Continuing Professional Development

The post holder will be expected to undertake ongoing personal, professional and management development in line with the responsibilities of the post.

Improving Working Lives

The post holder is expected to demonstrate a commitment to the Improving Working Lives initiative. 

General

Safeguarding people responsibility

Safeguarding children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a collective responsibility.

There is an expectation that all staff develop and maintain their role relevant safeguarding people competencies and comply with local safeguarding partnerships practice. Alongside this employee who are registrants are reminded of their professional duty of care.

Safeguarding means protecting a citizen’s health, wellbeing, and human rights; enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. It is an integral part of providing high-quality health care.

Those most in need of protection include:

1. Children and young people
2. Adults at risk, such as those receiving care in their own home, people with physical, sensory, and mental impairments, and those with learning disabilities

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults: The Trust is committed to the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and has signed up to Luton's Safeguarding Children Board and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board Policies and procedures to which the post holder must be familiar with and adhere to. It is the post holder's responsibility to attend mandatory training with regard to child protection and the protection of vulnerable adults as per the Trust's Policy and Guidance.

The post holder must at all times carry out their duties with regard to Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

To be aware of the responsibilities of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

All post holders must adhere to the code of conduct on confidentiality and be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.

This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the Trust.