Responsibilities
* Act as an expert practitioner, providing advanced, evidence-based assessment, treatment, and management for patients with complex diabetes needs.
* Provide clinical leadership, supporting the team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
* Contribute to specialist case management, ensuring personalised and coordinated care pathways for patients across community settings.
* Deliver direct patient care, offering expert education, self-management support, and clinical intervention to optimise patient outcomes.
* Support the development of clinical skills within the team, role-modelling professional standards and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
* Promote safe, effective, and proactive diabetes care, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and system-wide teams.
* Demonstrate a comprehensive and current knowledge base in diabetes management and champion excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic healthcare environment.
* Provide leadership and management support, undertaking defined leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader.
* Exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills, using initiative, working autonomously, and leading the team effectively.
* Deliver specialist nursing care, undertake case management, and provide direct patient care for people with complex diabetes needs.
* Act as an expert practitioner—optimising patient health outcomes, promoting self-management, and supporting patients through complex clinical pathways.
* Undertake non-medical prescribing, initiating, adjusting, and reviewing diabetes-related treatments in line with evidence-based practice and local policies.
* Support the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred diabetes care in community settings.
* Provide expert education and clinical support to patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.
* Use prescribing authority to improve access to timely treatment, reduce delays in care, and enhance patient outcomes.
* Play an active role in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
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