Diabetes Practice Nurse

### **About the Role**

Ranworth Medical Grouphas a fantastic opportunity for an experienced diabetes practice nurse to join the team at Kennedy Way Medical Centre on a full-time basis of 37.5 hours a week. The salary is to be discussed at interview.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

– Act as an accountable role model and clinical expert for diabetic care.
– Work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective delivery of high quality evidenced based diabetic care.
– Work in conjunction with other disciplines in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the Integrated Diabetes Services provision ensuring a smooth pathway through the service for patients with diabetes.
– Responsibility for providing clinical leadership and education.
– Represent the practice at diabetes meetings when necessary.
– Manage own time appropriately according to patient and service needs across clinical sites.
– Responsibility for the promotion and use of the audit cycle within clinical practice.
– Support the development and implementation of integrated diabetes nursing services, policies and procedures.
– Support primary care colleagues GPs & practice nurses, healthcare assistants in conjunction with primary care specialist nurses, in delivering and supporting effective specialist diabetes care across the PCN.
– Assist and participate in the newly diagnosed diabetic group sessions for all patients within the PCN.

For further information, please see the attached job description.

### **About the Candidate**

All applicants should have the following:

– A relevant nursing degree.
– Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
– Diabetes module or qualification achieved at degree or master’s level.

Please see the person specification within the attached job description for further information.

### **About Us**

Ranworth Medical Group, is comprised of Caradoc Surgery, Ranworth Surgery in Clacton-on-Sea, Green Elms Health Centre in Jaywick and Kennedy Way Medical Centre in Holland-on-Sea. We have a diverse patient population, of around 32,000 and all practices work on SystmOne.

**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.