Community Diabetes Healthcare Assistant- Surrey Downs H&C

at  Surrey Downs Health and Care

Surrey Downs Health & Care
To support the Diabetes Specialist Team in providing patient education.
To ensure patients are receiving appropriate health screening and checks related to their diabetes management and promptly communicate any concerns to the Diabetes team.
To be a contact for patients receiving care from SDHC Specialist Community Diabetes service.
To provide support to the patients to help them make informed decisions about their care. This support can be offered through face-to-face, telephone discussions, or by responding to email queries.
To provide individualised diabetes care tailored to patient needs and circumstances.
To provide diabetes education to patients, covering topics such as hypoglycaemia management, insulin initiation teaching and to completion of the Gold score questionnaire.
To ensure smooth running of the clinics by supporting clinicians in various duties, including blood pressure monitoring, weight measurement and blood glucose or ketone monitoring.
To support patients to download their glucometer data onto Diasend before their appointment time.
To liaise with patients regarding annual health checks to improve patient safety
To support diabetes team with health promotion and awareness events such as Insulin Safety Week, Hypo Awareness Week and World Diabetes Day. This will includes sourcing promotional materials, organising venues and stands, advertising the events and engaging with public.
To provide education to patients on how to use blood glucose and ketone meter.
To ensure education materials are accessible to patients. This may require liaising with company representatives for leaflets, study materials and demo kits.
To support the diabetes team in delivering Freestyle Libre and Bertie educational sessions.
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated, hard working Healthcare Assistant to join our Community Diabetes Team within Surrey Downs. Our Diabetes team deliver excellent care to their patients.
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Use available opportunities to maintain and extend knowledge, ensuring competence in the required skills.
To support the Diabetes team in conducting clinical audits as required
Ensure compliance with Trust mandatory training
To participate in the Trust’s appraisal system with Line Manager and attend training programmes and clinical supervision as identified within a Personal Development Plan.