Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Main area
Diabetes
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
287-RMED-470-25
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/12/2025 23:59
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time, permanent Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse. The successful candidate will work within a nationally and internationally recognised diabetes team. This large unit is well known for its dynamic and innovative delivery of diabetes services. Working within a multi-professional team of Diabetologists/Endocrinologists, diabetes specialist dietitians, diabetes podiatrists, diabetes pharmacists and a team of diabetes specialist nurses. The role will include taking a lead on an area of the service and supporting and supervising less experienced colleagues within the team. This post will cover specialist areas including insulin pump therapy and antenatal diabetes. You will be undertaking specialist assessments and documenting management plans for multi-professional colleagues and Healthcare practitioners both within the organisations and for referral on to other teams. You will lead on service audits and developments. This role does also
include off site clinics within the community setting and on other hospital sites.
If you would like any further information regarding this position, please contact Julie Brake, Diabetes Consultant Nurse.
Main duties of the job
The role of the band 7 CNS in Diabetes includes the following: -
- Perform specialist assessment of people with diabetes in the inpatient and outpatient environment, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
- Undertake the diabetes competency programme of education based on the national TREND Diabetes competencies.
- Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation with the support of the wider MDT. This will include initiation and adjustments of medications including insulin therapy. Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is essential for this role, as is extensive experience working within the diabetes specialist area.
- Co-ordinate and manage patient reviews from the Diabetes Dashboard or other referral systems. Admit and discharge as appropriate from own caseload.
- Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
- Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead, or participate in their care delivery and to support safe discharge or referral on to other teams/GP care.
- Take part in diabetes awareness programmes and national diabetes awareness activities to promote and support diabetes education and safe care across the organisation
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and persons specification
Clinical specialist in area of Diabetes
Work as part of a wider Multi-disciplinary team
Support the training and development of other
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN with current NMC registration
- Degree (or equivalent)
- Post-registration qualification in diabetes
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing course (V300)
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical experience with specific experience within Diabetes.
- Sound knowledge of current developments in the NHS
- Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.
- Experience in service development and implementation of change
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for patients using insulin pumps
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively communicate sensitive information in a variety of settings.
- Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
- Able to analyse data and provide written reports
- Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Able to manage work autonomously
- Able to present information to professional groups.
- Able to perform advanced clinical skills
- Able to supervise and support junior members of the team
- Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting.
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work flexibly and at other sites when required
- Ability and willingness to undertake further training as necessary
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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