Job Overview
We are recruiting a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to join the Sefton Community Diabetes Team.
The post holder will be required to demonstrate a comprehensive and current knowledge base in all aspects of diabetes management and promote excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic and evolving healthcare environment.
As a senior clinician within the service, the post holder will:
Act as an expert practitioner, providing advanced, evidence‑based assessment, treatment, and management for patients with complex diabetes needs.
Provide clinical leadership, supporting the team to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care.
Contribute to specialist case management, ensuring personalised and coordinated care pathways for patients across community settings.
Deliver direct patient care, offering expert education, self‑management support, and clinical intervention to optimise patient health outcomes.
Support the development of clinical skills within the team, role‑modelling professional standards and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
Promote safe, effective, and proactive diabetes care, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and system-wide teams.
This role is integral to supporting patients with both stable and complex diabetes needs, ensuring care is accessible, responsive, and aligned with best practice standards.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder will provide a high‑quality specialist diabetes service to patients across Southport, Formby, and South Sefton, working as part of an established and supportive multidisciplinary team.
The Post Holder Will Be Expected To
Demonstrate a comprehensive and current knowledge base in diabetes management and champion excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic healthcare environment.
Provide leadership and management support, undertaking defined leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader.
Exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills, using initiative, working autonomously, and leading the team effectively.
Deliver specialist nursing care, undertake case management, and provide direct patient care for people with complex diabetes needs.
Act as an expert practitioner—optimising patient health, promoting self‑management, and supporting patients through complex clinical pathways.
Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, utilising an integrated approach to care delivery.
Contribute to ongoing service integration and transformation across the Sefton diabetes pathway.
The Specialist Diabetes Nurse Will
Support high‑quality, patient‑centred diabetes care in community settings.
Provide expert education and clinical support to patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.
Promote safe, effective, and evidence‑based practice.
Play an active role in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role requirements.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
IT literate.
Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
Ability to understand and analyse complex data
Risk assessment skills
Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
Self-management and motivation skills
Report writing skills
Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues
Ability to travel to work across boundaries
Desirable criteria
Research skills
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in specialist area
Experience of management and clinical leadership
Experience of successful multiagency working
Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care
Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
Understanding how other agencies work
Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
Desirable criteria
Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher)
Appropriate prescriber (V300) or enrolled on course and due to complete
Evidence of CPD/Short courses
Registration with relevant professional body
Desirable criteria
Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards)
First line management qualification
Values
Essential Criteria
Continuous Improvement
Accountability
Respectfulness
Enthusiasm
Support
Responsive to service users
Engaging leadership style
Strong customer service belief
Transparency and honesty
Discreet