Job summaryAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join the diabetes team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based at The New Royal site.The Clinical Nurse Specialists are part of a larger multi-professional team of Diabetes and Endocrine Consultants, Dietitians, Podiatrists, Psychologist and Admin team. This full time band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist role in Diabetes will include community clinics, inpatient diabetes inreach, and diabetes outpatient clinics. There will also be an opportunity to support some of the speciality clinics.Main duties of the jobYou will provide care and self management plans to people with diabetes and also provide specialist diabetes management advice and support education to other healthcare professional colleagues, supporting events across the organisation around diabetes awareness and health and well being.Full support through a diabetes competency programme will be providedAbout usLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdfFollow us on Social Media:Facebook - Liverpool University Hospitals CareersInstagram - @LUHFTcareersTwitter - @LUHFTcareersJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe role of the band 6 CNS in Diabetes includes the following: -Perform specialist assessment of people with diabetes mainly in the inpatient environment, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.Undertake the diabetes competency programme of education based on the national TREND Diabetes competencies.Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation with the support of the band 7 CNS and the wider MDT.Co-ordinate and manage patient reviews from the Diabetes Dashboard or other referral systems.Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery and to support safe discharge.To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in the review of people with complex needs, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.Takes responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with re-registration requirements.Participates in the supervision and the teaching of pre and post registration students, new staff members and junior medical staff. Providing in-reach education to clinical areas to support safe diabetes patient care.Contribute to the development of educational programmes in relation to diabetes care.Identifies training needs and develop training resources for nursing staff to enable role development and to meet the needs of the service.Take part in diabetes awareness programmes and national diabetes awareness activities to promote and support diabetes education and safe care across the organisation.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialRegistered Nurse / MidwifePost-basic specialist Qualification relevant to specialityEvidence of continued professional developmentDesirableRecordable specialist qualificationIndependent Nurse PrescribingECDLExperienceEssentialPost registration experienceExtensive clinical experienceInvolvement in auditDesirableParticipation in researchEvidence of leading and facilitating changeKnowledgeEssentialIn depth specialist knowledgeSkillsEssentialTeaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skillsEffective communicatorRoot Cause AnalysisLeadership & motivation skillsAbility to motivate self and othersEvidence of audit and change management abilityComputer literateAbility to work both on own initiative and within a teamOtherEssentialDiplomaticAssertive and confidentRecognition of own limitationsAble to travel between sitesFlexibilityDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameLiverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressThe Royal Liverpool HospitalMount Vernon streetLiverpoolL7 8YEEmployer's websitehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)