Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Educator
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Role Overview
The post holder will be expected to provide education and training to both health care professionals and patient groups. Teaching best practice based on current, credible, evidence-based learning.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver education and training packages concerning Diabetes, Obesity, Safe prescribing and monitoring of GLP-1 therapies for both Primary and Secondary Care.
- Work with the Diabetes MDT, Bariatric MDT and Surgical MDT providing safe, evidence-based patient education, that promotes and supports personalised management plans and treatment.
- Plan and monitor the development needs for the staff within the appraisal framework; this will improve staff moral and help to reduce staff sickness and turnover.
- Ensure that all new DSN’s (Diabetes Specialist Nurses) receive an appropriate induction programme upon commencement of employment within the team and monitors and supervise their progress.
- Measure outcomes through data collection, audit and patient feedback.
- Attend regular diabetes obesity training.
- Work alongside Diabetes Specialist Nurse, as part of the team to deliver the nursing service for patients with diabetes and improve staff competence.
- Attend regular diabetes-obesity training and updates.
- Demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and skills in the specialty of diabetes.
- Have a primary clinical responsibility for patients with diabetes.
- Be the primary link in the coordinating of patients with diabetes between hospital services including surgery, medicine, paediatrics and community services.
- Responsible for planning mandatory training and keeping accurate records.
- Develop and deliver education and training packages concerning Diabetes, Obesity, Safe prescribing and monitoring of GLP-1 therapies.
- Link with CHFT clinical educators, providing training to CHFT nursing staff and new starters.
- Produce a competency document, responsible for assessing competency, training, and sign off, once the HCP feels proficient and confident.
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CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Raluca Andreea Gheorghe
- Job title: Lead DSN
- Email address: raluca.gheorghe@cht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07443705865
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