Job description

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

To provide a specialist and advanced professional contribution to the clinical management of patients attending within their specialist area of Diabetes.

Use a combination of skills, knowledge, values and self-esteem to manage change and move beyond competency, moving from experienced to expert in area of specialism.

Practice with autonomy and accountability.

To assess selected patients taking a full comprehensible history, carrying out comprehensive clinical examinations, making diagnosis and provide treatment where necessary

To be responsible for the follow up of the patients under their care.

Adhere to the NMC HCPC professional body Code: Standards of Conduct, Performance and ethics for nurses / professional body at all times.

To undertake assessments for clinical risk within the service and ensure all staff are aware of responsibilities and related policies.

To participate in the identification, development, implementation and dissemination of local clinical protocols, policies, procedures, guidelines relating to individualised specialist service; which includes their management ensuring clinical governance is maintained.

Professional development

To provide leadership by acting as a role model for other nurses within the service and provide specialist and up to date relevant information to other Nurses and Health Professionals.

Lead and develop local clinical policies and procedure in relation to specific skill set.

To ensure that clinical and educational practice within their scope of practice adheres to recent research findings, clinical governance and professional guidelines

To participate in regular clinical supervision and personal staff review.

Maintain a portfolio of evidence aligned to competency frameworks to showcase education and in on-going skills, knowledge, competencies and attributes.

Keep up to date with professional body/ Organisational and national Guidelines, policies and protocols.

Maintain your own professional and personal development, attending mandatory trainings as required.

To support and encourage the clinical supervision process for all nurses within their Services and actively be involved in the process.

To organise, develop, deliver and facilitate formal and informal teaching sessions to staff, Primary Care and other members of the health care team such as medical students, student nurses/midwives and trainee GPs.

Quality

To provide expert advice to their patients on clinical issues and follow relevant guidelines.

Follow best practice for safeguarding

To be a flexible, effective member if the team and provide cover for other relevant staff during absence as appropriate.

To report to the Manager, progress in the assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of national strategies ensuring targets are met within the Service.

To identify to the Manager future service requirements.

To respond to daily problems faced by the service and ensure issues are resolved as swiftly as possible. This may include analysing complex situations and making independent decisions and identifying longer-term solutions as required.

To report to the Manager progress in the assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of national and local strategies and key performance indicators (KPIs) ensuring targets are met within the Service.

To manage, contribute and participate in audit of clinical practice and service delivery within the Service. This includes data collection, analysing information, evaluating findings, writing action plans and putting systems into place to ensure these are actioned.

Communication

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
• Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence and ability to teach/disseminate knowledge and skills Evidence of teaching and assessing Significant experience in specialist area Experience of multidisciplinary working. Able to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to clinical; assessment, treatment and evaluation.

Desirable

• Working at an enhanced level of practice as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing career framework and core capabilities framework.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification NMC/HCPC registered Non-medical prescriber. Physical consultation and assessment skills module. Evidence of specialist diabetes training (e.g. diabetes diploma, modules, or certification) Evidence of current and relevant CPD.

Desirable

• Masters level prescribing, Consultation and Physical assessment modules.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Warwick Square Group Practice

Address

Grosvenor House Surgery

Warwick Square

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA1 1LB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.warwicksquaregrouppractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

In accordance with the agreed job plan, the salaried GP will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including:

Surgery consultations, telephone consultations, telephone triage, visiting patients, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, processing clinical documentation, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Participate in the duty doctor rota

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation

Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate

Developing care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE

Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients

Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards

Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the ICB and Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)

Comply with all the objectives of the QOF targets, ICB initiatives, nationally or locally commissioned enhanced services.

Completion of reports for solicitors, insurance companies and other third parties

Working with and supporting other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care

Take an active role in delivering clinical governance

Promote preventative health care and advice where appropriate

Lead on training, supervising and supporting learners (e.g Medical students)

Other responsibilities within the Practice

Work in accordance with NCPC agreed clinical procedures and protocols.

Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards in clinical care.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contribute to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. This includes clinical and non-clinical training and events.

Participate in practice clinical meetings

Provide information when reasonably requested to ensure that all personnel and other records are accurate e.g. hepatitis status

Participate in the GP revalidation and appraisal scheme. Maintain portfolio of continuing professional development activities, attending training as required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCGP

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Warwick Square Group Practice

Address

Grosvenor House Surgery

Warwick Square

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA1 1LB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.warwicksquaregrouppractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)