Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; Vor Ort; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to lead inpatient diabetes care. You will work as a highly skilled independent practitioner providing evidence-based clinical care, education for patients and families, and active involvement in MDT planning. The role requires extensive diabetes experience and strong communication across teams. The Trust supports development and DBS checks as required.

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse with diabetes experience and CPD in diabetes care.
• Post-registration diabetes qualification or equivalent.
• Experience in service development and change within nursing.
• Significant prior diabetes nursing experience.

Aufgaben

• Work as an independent practitioner delivering evidence-based diabetes care and consultancy.
• Provide advice, support and education to patients and families.
• Contribute to MDT meetings and referrals to meet patient needs.
• Assess and act on ward referrals, GP and district nurse communications.
• Manage inpatient diabetes caseload with complex needs.
• Offer expert nursing support to staff and community teams.

Kenntnisse

Advanced communication skills

Present to professional groups

Supervise junior staff

Work in multi-disciplinary team

Computer literacy (Word & Email)

Ausbildung

Registered Nurse, RGN/RN (Adult)

Nurse Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Nurse Prescriber or working towards

Post-registration Diabetes Qualification

MSc in a relevant topic

Teaching qualification

CPD in diabetes care

Tools

Microsoft Word

Email/Communication tools

Jobbeschreibung

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 12 November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to work as our lead nurse for the inpatient diabetes team at Countess of Chester NHS trust. This is an ideal opportunity for a current band 7 nurse to continue their development, or for a band 6 nurse with inpatient experience wanting to expand their knowledge in the area, to shape the inpatient diabetes experience for patients, families and staff at the Countess,.

It is an opportunity for someone with an enthusiasm for inpatient diabetes and a wish to extend theirexpertise in this field. The post will include responsibility for leading the service and planning the future care for inpatients with diabetes, using GRIFT and JBDS guidelines to push the service forward, you will be involved in the development and shaping our service working within the MDT diabetes team and wider hospital specialties so that it is fit for the future for our patients with diabetes while they are residing at the Countess of Chester. You will need to show empathy and sensitivity to the needs of the patients, have good communication skills, together with a friendly, polite, and professional attitude.

You will need excellent clinical, organizational, IT and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

Work as a highly-skilled independent practitioner implementing and recommending treatment based on expert clinical.Provide comprehensive evidence-based highly specialist clinical care, training, and consultancy to both people with diabetes and other professionals.

Providing advice, support, and education to our patients their families.Contributing to Patient MDT meetings/case conferences, referrals to other services to meet the patients needs.

Assess, advise, and takeappropriate action for bleeps, ward referrals emergency and routine phone calls from GPs, practice nurses, district nurses, hospital-based staff and other Healthcare professionals.

Be responsible and accountable for managing the inpatient caseload of patients, with multiple medical conditions and complex needs.To provide an expert diabetes nursing service, giving support, advice, and information diabetes

Act as an expert resource, providing clinical advice and support to others involved in providing care for people with diabetes, in secondary care and patients that need district nurse input in the community.

Work as an independent practitioner anddemonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing.

Practice advanced clinical skills andmaintain a high professional standard of care and expertise'

About us

The Trust's services are provided from three locations: o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service.Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

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.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, RGN/RN (Adult).
• Diploma/degree in nursing or equivalent experience
• Nurse Prescriber or working towards this qualification.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development with post registration training/experience in diabetes.
• Post registration Diabetes Qualification.
• MSc in relevant topic.
• Teaching qualification.

Knowledge

• Experience in service development and implementation of change
• Substantial post registration to include specialist diabetes experience.
• Experience in developing and/or delivering teaching programs.
• Significant previous experience as a Diabetes Nurse.

Skills

• Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to supervise and support junior members of the team
• Committed to improving services.
• Able to work individually and as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
• Computer literate, confident in word and e-mail.
• Flexible approach to meeting service & client needs.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust