Enhanced Diabetes Clinician – Uppingham Surgery
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Enhanced Diabetes Clinician
Located in the picturesque market town Uppingham, situated just off the A47, Uppingham Surgery is seeking to recruit a clinician with a specialist interest in enhanced diabetic care. You will work in conjunction with our well-established practice nurse and clinical teams.
Hours: 5 hours per week Monday to Friday working in practice or remotely.
Pay: Dependent upon experience
What the role involves:
- Provide a first point of contact within the practice for the management of diabetic patients
- Proactively monitor the care of all diabetic patients in line with local and national policy
- Prescribe medication including insulin and manage patients appropriately
- Support the clinical team in the development of individual treatment plans for patients with long term conditions
- Request pathology services and process pathology results as required
- Provide specialist advice and knowledge to newly diagnosed diabetic patients and their families, including dietary advice, and monitoring of their illness, empowering patients to take control of their illness demonstrating empathy, and giving reassurance and support.
- Undertake annual diabetic reviews autonomously, commencing/altering treatments as necessary
- Deliver patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
- Maintain accurate clinical records using ARDENS and SystmOne templates
- Act as a resource, providing specialist knowledge, gained through clinical experience and through undertaking diploma level training and expertise to the practice clinical team
What we look for in your application:
- Professional registration with NMC, GPHC or equivalent
- Independent Prescriber
- Diploma or equivalent in diabetes management with knowledge of Insulin and GLP-1
- IT skills including Microsoft Office and clinical system software
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Strong patient care skills with a compassionate approach
- Positive and proactive approach to work, with the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to abide by strict confidentiality and information governance compliance and the responsibility this brings
Benefits of working with Uppingham Surgery:
- Purpose built modern facilities
- A highly supportive working environment focusing on your professional and personal wellbeing
- A practice with a patient-first approach to healthcare
- Well-established and passionate management and Partnership setup and active member of Rutland Health PCN
- Auto-enrolment into the NHS pension scheme
- Be part of our experienced and coherent team ’everyone has their part to play’
HOW TO APPLY: Email your covering letter and CV to vickiabbott@nhs.net
CLOSING DATE: 13 September 2024 with interviews w/c 16 September 2024
