Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Type 1 Diabetes & Disordered Eating Service
Band 7
Secondment
15 Hours per week
An exciting secondment / fixed term opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) with a special interest supporting people with type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE).
This post will support NHS England funded type 1 diabetes and disordered eating service for Cheshire and Merseyside as part of DSN team.
The post holder will be based at Aintree University Hospital but the service also located at a site in Cheshire. They will work alongside a consultant diabetologist, consultant psychiatrist, consultant psychologist, and eating disorder specialists from the mental health partners to provide comprehensive help to patients attending the service.
Opportunities for training and observation will be provided and all service members will be offered peer support from the psychology team.
Responsibilities
* Act as Diabetes clinical expert and professional resource to Multi-Professional teams, patients and carers within the speciality service.
* Support the development of specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality teams across Acute, Community and Primary Care Service.
* Carry responsibility for a defined case load and offer highly specialist advice, setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
* Contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
* Lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for delivery of care within the specialist area.
Qualifications & Experience
* Clinical specialist in area of Diabetes.
* Work as part of a wider Multi-disciplinary team.
* Support the training and development of others.
* Workplace will be in inpatient ward/clinical areas and outpatient clinics.
About the Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Please refer to Job description and persons specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2025
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