Education Associate Community Diabetes Service - Oldham, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
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Oldham, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

Together, we've a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.

If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
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come and take your place with us.

Job overview:


The post is to support training and education within our Community Diabetes Services, the post holder will also work clinically with the Specialist Diabetes Team, Primary Care Partners and the Clinical Practice Educators.


There will be clinical element within the post, to support Primary Care in achieving the Diabetes 8 Care Process for patients in Oldham.

This post is open to Nurse Associates or Assistant Practitioners to apply.


The work will take place in a variety of community settings including patients homes, nursing/residential homes and intermediate care units.


The post holder will often work in the community as a lone worker, in line with organisational lone worker policy.


This post is to be offered as a 12 month fixed term or 12 month secondment for internal members of staff.

Main duties of the job:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to support training and education in the community Diabetes Team

The post holder will support service improvements and education in practice within this speciality in Oldham by:

  • Keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments.
  • Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using uptodate skills and adhering to evidencebased policies and procedures.
  • Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering, and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.


The main role of the education associate is to work within a community-based Specialist Diabetes Team in the implementation, delivery and evaluation of defined education programmes.

Defined clinical interventions to support Primary Care in improving health outcomes in the diabetes population.


The Nurse Associate will take responsibility for their own workload within a broad framework laid out by a qualified Specialist Diabetes Nurse.


The post holder will be responsible for delivering defined training and education without direct supervision but will have immediate access to a Specialist Nurse for advice and direction as required.


Working for our organisation:

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world's first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts.

Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:


Person specification:


Experience:


Essential criteria:


  • Working within a health care setting
  • An understanding of NHS developments in primary care
  • Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues
  • Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing associate students, other learners and health care support workers as required within the clinical setting
  • Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date

essential:


Essential criteria:


  • Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice

Desirable criteria:


  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register

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Applicant requirements:


  • You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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