Purbeck Diabetes Nurse Specialist

To work autonomously in the provision of high quality specialist, evidence based diabetes care for people with diabetes, from diagnosis to long term management. To promote self-care management to patients to prevent worsening of their condition and improve health outcomes. To use current nice guidelines and to keep up to date with current guidelines and professional development and professional development. To ensure full understanding of QOF for diabetes chronic disease management and to liaise with the team to ensure targets are achieved. To actively collect and maintain data that will demonstrate patient improvement in key areas. To monitor DIIS data and CCLIP data. To ensure delivery of best practice in clinical practice, caseload management, education, research, and audit, to achieve corporate Primary Care Network and local population objectives. To act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to diabetes, to patients, their family/carers, and health
professionals. To liaise with the dietician, podiatry and education services to help ensure Purbeck patients have access to the services they require. To identify high risk patients who need intensification of treatment. To improve diabetes service for house bound and care home patients. To undertake home visits where appropriate. To provide liaison with secondary care diabetes services. To provide treatment plans for patients, for diabetes nurses, and refer to secondary care where appropriate.