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This is an exciting opportunity to work as an integral member of the Pre Assessment Team, providing advice and support to patients who have diabetes and require surgery at James Paget University Hospital.
The perioperative diabetes pathway was implemented with Get It Right First Time to improve patient safety, reduce post-op complications and improve patient experience. Support is provided throughout the perioperative journey with the majority of patient contact occurring before surgery as outpatient telephone consultations and in-person clinic appointments such as diabetes medication/ Insulin starts, followed by Inpatient post-op. ward reviews when required.
This post is suitable for applicants with knowledge and clinical experience in caring for people with Diabetes.
The successful candidate will have excellent clinical, organisational and communication skills. Interest in education and enabling service improvement will be advantageous.
To support the work of the Diabetes Pre-Assessment team to provide clinical support and expertise to Diabetic patients within the outpatient departments.
To provide a high standard of nursing care and to develop existing specialist Diabetes knowledge and skills.
To act as a Diabetes nursing resource giving advice and psychological support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
To review nursing practice and support the implementation of appropriate changes based on research/best practice.
To assist with the development and implementation of audit, quality and Risk Management initiatives.
To support the work of the Diabetes team; providing clinical support and expertise to the service.
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michaela Woods Job title: Surgical Matron Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 07552247247
