Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS; Warrington; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

The Diabetes Team at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Diabetes Nurse. The role involves providing leadership in diabetes care, overseeing a team, and ensuring high-quality service delivery for patients with diabetes. Ideal candidates will have a non-medical prescriber qualification and experience in diabetes management.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical settings with knowledge of diabetes management.
• Ability to manage workloads and coordinate with team members.
• Strong assessment skills for developing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support diabetes care delivered by the team.
• Implement and evaluate care for a defined caseload.
• Review and manage patient's medication regimes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Non Medical Prescriber

Recognised Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Tools

NHS Systems

Job description

Job summary

The diabetes team is based in the acute hospital trust and consists of a Consultant Diabetes nurse, an advance nurse practitioner, Diabetes specialist nurses working in outpatient clinics and community . We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team including our administration team and the consultant diabetologists providing a Monday to Friday service. We are developing our well established insulin pump service over both hospital sites and are seeking someone with pump experience or willing to develop their knowledge in this area of diabetes management.

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership in the field of diabetes and draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills to develop and deliver high quality service to people with diabetes.

Act as an expert practitioner, overseeing, delegating and supporting care carried out by other members of the diabetes team where required

Work closely with other departmental staff and professionals to facilitate a multidisciplinary framework for the effective delivery of diabetes care.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop an innovative high quality service, which enables individualised care to be facilitated and delivered to people with diabetes and their carers/families.

Responsible for delivering an equitable nurse lead service for people with diabetes in Warrington and Halton.

Be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Make an assessment on complex facts to formulate a care plan, implement and continual evaluate care.

Review patient's medication regime ensuring that patients receive appropriate pharmacotherapy in effective doses. Prescribe changes or initiate medication in accordance with non medical prescribing.

Refer people to relevant practitioners or agencies when this is necessary providing accurate and necessary information consistent with maintaining confidentiality.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.

Details Date posted

03 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

370-NAM7DIA-1324-A

Job locations

Warrington and Halton

Lovely Lane

Warrington

WA5 1QG

Job description Job responsibilities

***For a full list of roles and responsibilites please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification***

Job description Job responsibilities

***For a full list of roles and responsibilites please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification***

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
• Relevant Post Registration clinical experience

Qualifications Essential

• Non Medical Prescriber
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification /mentorship

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies Essential

• Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others
• Basic IT skills in word processing/Hospital Systems
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation

Desirable

• Insulin Pump experience

Experience Essential

• Diabetes knowledge

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
• Relevant Post Registration clinical experience

Qualifications Essential

• Non Medical Prescriber
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification /mentorship

Skills, Knowledge & Competencies Essential

• Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others
• Basic IT skills in word processing/Hospital Systems
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation

Desirable

• Insulin Pump experience

Experience Essential

• Diabetes knowledge

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Address

Warrington and Halton

Lovely Lane

Warrington

WA5 1QG

Employer's website

https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT

Address

Warrington and Halton

Lovely Lane

Warrington

WA5 1QG

Employer's website

https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)