Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dedicated Specialist Nurse to join a forward-thinking team focused on caring for children and young people with diabetes. This role offers the chance to provide expert clinical management and support, ensuring optimal health and well-being for patients aged 0-19. As part of a passionate team, you will lead initiatives that enhance patient care and work collaboratively across various settings, including hospitals and the community. If you are motivated, compassionate, and ready to make a real difference in the lives of young patients and their families, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a focus on Paediatric Diabetes.
• Experience in community and hospital settings with children.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and young people with diabetes.
• Provide expert advice and support to patients and families.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for quality improvement.

Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Management

Leadership

Diabetes Care

Patient Advocacy

Education

Registered Nurse Child/RSCN

Recognised Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Post Registration Qualification in Paediatric Diabetes

Tools

IT Skills (Word Processing, Report Writing)

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our specialist team, caring for approximately 100 children and young people aged 0-19 years. We are recruiting a permanent position, working 26 hours over 3 - 4 days. We require the successful applicant to generally work Monday - Thursday (3 days one week and 4 days the next) with flexibility to respond to the demands of the service to ensure service cover. The service is based at Dorset County Hospital and works with the population in the locality.

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and supportive Specialist Nurse to join our forward thinking and innovative Paediatric Diabetes team. The post holder will provide leadership and expert clinical management of diabetes in childhood and adolescence to enable children and young people with diabetes to reach their optimum level of health, independence, social and psychological/emotional well-being, through provision of continuous clinical, social and psychological/emotional support for the patient, their families and carers.

It is possible to offer this post as a band 5 developmental post as Diabetes Staff Nurse for candidates who are interested in becoming a PDSN, with progression to band 6 PDSN following the successful completion of a recognized Management of Childhood Diabetes Course.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve managing a caseload of patients, providing expert advice to children and young people with diabetes and their families in both the community and hospital setting therefore the ability to drive and use own car for work is essential.

You will be actively involved in quality improvement within the team including contributing to improvements in care in both hospital and community settings through multi-professional, multi-agency working, across primary and secondary health care services and the Paediatric Diabetes Network.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and be highly motivated to work with the team to continue to develop and enhance our service.

About us

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

Details Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

405-25-NM223PDSN

Job locations

Dorset County Hospital

Williams Avenue

Dorchester

DT1 2JY

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details, please see Job Description:

• Work with CYPD, their families and carers predominately up to the age of 19 years with type1, type 2 and other forms of diabetes as part of the Paediatric Diabetes Multi-Disciplinary
• Team (MDT).
• Be an advocate for CYPD promoting child / young person focussed, family centred care, and act as a resource for others involved with their care
• Teach, assess and CYPD, their families and carers (to include education setting staff) to carry out all aspects of diabetes self-care and management, supporting, motivating and
• empowering them to enable them to appropriately and effectively manage their condition.
• Utilise and demonstrate a good knowledge of safeguarding issues to ensure the childs safetyat all time
• Work with the Paediatric Diabetes MDT in the delivery of the Paediatric Diabetes Best Practice Tariff
• Undertake specialist assessment of CYPD nursing needs; plan, implement and evaluate care using clinical knowledge and skills
• Manage a patient caseload as Named Nurse and Key Worker.
• Liaise with Health Care Professionals and other professionals (EG education setting staff), who have daily contact with the CYPD in order to provide specialist diabetes care, advice and self-management education in a variety of settings for example; inpatient, outpatient, clinic, home, school, work and college; face to face, by telephone, text Message, email and video conferencing in accordance with Trust guidance.

Job description Job responsibilities

For full details, please see Job Description:

• Work with CYPD, their families and carers predominately up to the age of 19 years with type1, type 2 and other forms of diabetes as part of the Paediatric Diabetes Multi-Disciplinary
• Team (MDT).
• Be an advocate for CYPD promoting child / young person focussed, family centred care, and act as a resource for others involved with their care
• Teach, assess and CYPD, their families and carers (to include education setting staff) to carry out all aspects of diabetes self-care and management, supporting, motivating and
• empowering them to enable them to appropriately and effectively manage their condition.
• Utilise and demonstrate a good knowledge of safeguarding issues to ensure the childs safetyat all time
• Work with the Paediatric Diabetes MDT in the delivery of the Paediatric Diabetes Best Practice Tariff
• Undertake specialist assessment of CYPD nursing needs; plan, implement and evaluate care using clinical knowledge and skills
• Manage a patient caseload as Named Nurse and Key Worker.
• Liaise with Health Care Professionals and other professionals (EG education setting staff), who have daily contact with the CYPD in order to provide specialist diabetes care, advice and self-management education in a variety of settings for example; inpatient, outpatient, clinic, home, school, work and college; face to face, by telephone, text Message, email and video conferencing in accordance with Trust guidance.

Person Specification EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING Essential

• Registered Nurse Child/RSCN
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Recognised Post registration qualification in Paediatric Diabetes
• Non-medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE Essential

• Significant Post registration experience within an environment that cares for Children or Young people with Diabetes.
• Working with children and young people from a variety of backgrounds
• Significant experience of working with children and families and the home / community setting
• Evidence of continued professional Development
• Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team and Inter-agency working.

SKILLS & ABILITIES Essential

• Competent and demonstrative expertise in communication skills with professionals, children and families
• Evidence of ability to practice as a proficient practitioner with a wide range of clinical skills, whilst recognising own limitations.
• Able to manage own caseload and work with minimal supervision
• Competency and high standards in relation to documentation and record keeping skills Basic IT skills in word processing, report writing and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within an extended MDT. Ability to manage and identify stress in self and others.
• Understanding of professional nursing issues and the pillars of clinical governance, including experience of clinical audit.
• Car owner/driver essential
• Demonstrates awareness and responsibilities with regard to child protection issues.
• Ability to act as an advocate for children and families.

Desirable

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
• Evidence of the ability to work as part of a team and the development and maintenance of professional relations including external agencies.
• Ability to work in a flexible manner and prioritise according to the demands of the situation, time and workload management.

Person Specification EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING Essential

• Registered Nurse Child/RSCN
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Recognised Post registration qualification in Paediatric Diabetes
• Non-medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE Essential

• Significant Post registration experience within an environment that cares for Children or Young people with Diabetes.
• Working with children and young people from a variety of backgrounds
• Significant experience of working with children and families and the home / community setting
• Evidence of continued professional Development
• Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team and Inter-agency working.

SKILLS & ABILITIES Essential

• Competent and demonstrative expertise in communication skills with professionals, children and families
• Evidence of ability to practice as a proficient practitioner with a wide range of clinical skills, whilst recognising own limitations.
• Able to manage own caseload and work with minimal supervision
• Competency and high standards in relation to documentation and record keeping skills Basic IT skills in word processing, report writing and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within an extended MDT. Ability to manage and identify stress in self and others.
• Understanding of professional nursing issues and the pillars of clinical governance, including experience of clinical audit.
• Car owner/driver essential
• Demonstrates awareness and responsibilities with regard to child protection issues.
• Ability to act as an advocate for children and families.

Desirable

• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
• Evidence of the ability to work as part of a team and the development and maintenance of professional relations including external agencies.
• Ability to work in a flexible manner and prioritise according to the demands of the situation, time and workload management.

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

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dorset County Hospital

Williams Avenue

Dorchester

DT1 2JY

Employer's website

https://www.dchft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dorset County Hospital

Williams Avenue

Dorchester

DT1 2JY

Employer's website

https://www.dchft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)