Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax, Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to support the Lead DSN in leading the Diabetes Nursing team. The post involves professional leadership, service development, and delivering advanced diabetes care for Type 1 and Type 2 patients in both hospital and community settings.

The role emphasizes autonomous practice, teaching, and staff management, with experience in diabetes management and familiarity with SystmOne/EPR preferred.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration and revalidation evidence.
• Teaching qualification or willingness to obtain one.
• Post grad qualification in relevant field.
• Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards.
• Evidence in leadership and management.
• Training in diabetes treatment regimes.
• Autonomous practitioner able to deliver level 4 and 5 diabetes services acutely and in the community.
• Advanced communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the diabetes nursing team as the diabetes lead for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
• Contribute to service development projects to improve patient care.
• Deliver level 4 and level 5 diabetes services in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Manage and develop a team, including staff appraisals, sickness monitoring and duty rosters.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Audit and research

Influence outcomes

Advanced communication

Autonomous practitioner

Diabetes knowledge

Education

NMC Registration

Teaching qualification

Postgraduate qualification in relevant field

Nurse Prescriber

Leadership training

Tools

SystmOne

EPR

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 08 November 2026

The post holder will support the Lead DSN in leading the Diabetes Nursing team and service, demonstrating enthusiasm and a commitment to further developing their knowledge and skills. They will share the team's vision and be proactive in contributing to service development projects aimed at improving patient care.

You will have specific experience of clinical leadership, possess enthusiasm and determination to improve the quality of patient centred care, service delivery and service team projects.

You will have experience of managing and developing a team, completing staff appraisals, sickness monitoring and roster management.

The successful candidate must possess advanced diabetes knowledge and experience looking after people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, either in an acute or primary care setting.

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner able to deliver level 4 and level 5 diabetes service, including both inpatient and outpatient care.

You will be self-motivated, organised and capable of adapting to the changing needs of the service. You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, be computer literate and preferably familiar using SystmOne and EPR.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an integral part of the established specialist Diabetes Nursing Team as the diabetes lead for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust.

Please see job description attached for full job description and specifications.

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as an integral part of the established specialist Diabetes Nursing Team as the diabetes lead for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust.

Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration and revalidation evidence
• Teaching qualification
• Post grad qualification in relevant field
• Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards
• Evidence in leadership and management
• Demonstrate evidence of training around treatment regimes for patients with diabetes
• Autonomous practitioner able to deliver level 4 and level 5 diabetes services acutely and in the community
• Advanced communication skills

Knowledge, Experience and Expertise

• Recent extensive experience of working in a diabetes nursing service
• Ability to demonstrate experience of audit and research, including implementation of findings and outcome reviews
• Understand the challenges faced by community services
• Significant knowledge and skills in diabetes symptom management
• Relevant acute and community experience in diabetes
• Demonstrable experience of insulin pump skills
• Demonstrable managing gestational diabetes
• Evidence of maintaining high level skills in assessment and management of patients with diabetes
• Demonstrate extensive experience in leadership and staff management, including aspects of managing sickness, absence and attendance, appraisals, action plan reviews and duty rosters
• Budget Management experience and cost improvement initiatives

Communication and Relationships

• Ability to influence outcomes and engage in service change negotiations
• Act as a role model with a significant level of autonomy and accountability
• High level of personal and professional autonomy and accountability
• Ability to manage complex situations effectively and demonstrate ability to influence change
• Ability to work well within the operational and directorate leadership team
• Compassionate leadership able to involve, challenge others as appropriate

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust/ Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Reference number

372-MED2648-A

Job locations

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS trust/ Huddersfield Royal Infirmary