Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS healthcare provider in Salisbury seeks a passionate Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist to join their team. Candidates should have at least 3 years' experience as a children's nurse and a willingness to support children with diabetes. The successful applicant will coordinate care, provide education, and work within a multi-disciplinary team. This position offers competitive benefits including NHS discounts and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

NHS discounts

35 days paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

On-site health and fitness club

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience as a children's nurse.
• Enthusiasm and commitment to paediatric diabetes.
• Experience in diabetes management in a community/acute setting.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate care for children and young people with diabetes.
• Provide education and support for diabetes management.
• Support the delivery of care to children with cystic fibrosis related diabetes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Ability to manage/supervise a team

Leadership skills

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Education

Paediatric Registered Nurse (Diploma/Advanced Diploma/Degree)

NMC approved assessor or supervisor qualification

Post registration qualification in paediatric diabetes

Full driving licence

Leadership and Management course

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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job overview

An exciting post has become available within the Paediatric Diabetes Team for a highly motivated, experienced paediatric nurse with a passion and interest in paediatric diabetes at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

We are based in Salisbury District Hospital and support families living in parts of Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire. We have a growing number of children and young people on our case load using both injection and insulin pump therapy.

The successful candidate will join an established, extremely driven team who will support them to develop their own skills.

The successful applicant will need to be a children’s nurse with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience as well as enthusiasm and commitment to paediatric diabetes. We are happy to accept applications from paediatric nurses without a specific diabetes qualification who are keen to join our team while they undertake further relevant formal training to consolidate their skills.

Main duties of the job

• In conjunction with other members of the Paediatric Diabetes Team, co-ordinate care for children and young people with diabetes and their families, assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating programmes of holistic care and providing specialist clinical advice to health care professionals and others.
• To provide education and support for children and young people with diabetes and their families in both the acute and community setting.
• To ensure that all children, young people, and their families receive a comprehensive, holistic, and developmental approach to family centred diabetes education and management.
• To work effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to meet the outcomes of care which are required for the Best Practice Tariff.
• To support in the delivery of care to children and young people with cystic fibrosis related diabetes

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Education Qualifications and Training

• Paediatric Registered Nurse with a Diploma , Advanced diploma or degree
• NMC approved assessor or supervisor qualification
• Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
• Post registration qualification in paediatric diabetes or willingness to undertake training
• Full driving licence
• Leadership and Management course

Experience

• Relevant experience caring for CYP in community and / or acute setting
• Experience of current diabetes management
• Evidence of leadership and management within a health care structure
• Evidence of teaching and assessing
• Evidence of autonomous working
• Evidence of innovation of change

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Leadership skills including excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to deliver high standards of evidenced based care to CYP
• Knowledge of Children's safeguarding procedures
• excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to manage / supervise a team

These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months & non contractual) pro rata
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fee's and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.