Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The postholder will be advised to attend and complete the New T2DM and Obesity Management Education Programme.
• Work alongside Diabetes Specialist Nurse, as part of the team to deliver the nursing service for patients with diabetes and improve staff competence.
• The Diabetes-Obesity Nurse Educator will be expected to attend regular diabetes-obesity training and updates.
• Demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and skills in the specialty of diabetes.
• Have a primary clinical responsibility for patients with diabetes.
• To be the primary link in the coordinating of patients with diabetes between hospital services including surgery, medicine, paediatrics and community services.
• Responsible for planning mandatory training and keeping accurate records.
• The Diabetes-Obesity nurse educator will develop and deliver education and training packages concerning Diabetes, Obesity, Safe prescribing and monitoring of Glp-1 therapies
• The Diabetes-Obesity Nurse Educator will link with CHFT clinical educators, providing training to CHFT nursing staff and new starters.
• Produce a competency document, responsible for assessing competency, training, and sign off, once the HCP feels proficient and confident.
• The Diabetes-Obesity Nurse Educator will be responsible for keeping Health Care Professionals informed and up to date as and when new diabetes – obesity evidence is released, guidelines and treatments updated, as well as sharing outcomes and audit data.
• Responsible for upskilling primary care staff to develop confidence and competence initiating, prescribing, monitoring GLP-1 (non-insulin) injectable therapies.
• To be the point of direct contact providing assessment, advice and clinical judgment on future patient management.
• Actively manage and maintain responsibility for a defined patient caseload in collaboration with medical staff.
• Lead in ensuring all education issues are addressed.
• Participate in development within the service and contribute to achieving performance targets, meeting capacity and demand required.
• Play an active role in research and evaluation of the diabetes service and ensure best use of evidence-based health care. Contribute to a wider national agenda within the field of Diabetes.
• Deliver nursing care in diabetes for both outpatients and inpatients across both acute sites.
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills through nursing practice.
• Maintain own expert levels of clinical competence.
• Promote and facilitate research and evidence-based practice in Diabetes Nursing.
• To support in establishing, implementation and monitoring of nursing practice guidelines, standards, policies and protocols/care pathways.
• Maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals.
• Be aware of ethical and legal issues.
• Always act as a role model for quality nursing care, promoting the need for effective evidence-based interventions.
• Act as patient advocate at all points of the care pathway.
• Maintain a professional portfolio.
• Adhere to the Trust Policy & Procedure.
• Act always in accordance with NMC code of conduct and guiding documents.
• Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met.
• Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of the care.
• Support and enable patients to make informed choices.
• Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and where required take a key role in the management of the outcome.
• Be proactive in the development of practice/services in the clinical area through the business planning process/service development and in conjunction with Team leader, Matron, General Manager and clinician.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others and participate in the development of the same.
• Continually monitor standards of care and contribute to the improvement of care through benchmarking, Clinical Audit and Research.
• Support and facilitate research evidence- based practice in the specialist area.
• Disseminate good practice by pursuing opportunities to present work at national conferences, MDT meetings and journal publications.
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area leading to service improvement.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Identify clinical issues and incidents within the Trust that reduce the quality of care within the specialist services.
• Take part in activities to counter these to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care