<div><h3>Diabetes Specialist Nurse</h3><p><b>The closing date is 19 June 2026</b></p><h3>Job responsibilities</h3><p>As the nurse specialist within the defined sphere of practice, the post holder is responsible for providing specialist knowledge and care to patients. They will act as the first point of contact for patients who need to access the specialist service and will undertake a range of duties to ensure the effective delivery of care, including specialist procedures, specialist advice, structured education and ongoing support to their client group based on individual need.</p><p>Main duties include responsibility for patient care, safety and clinical quality, ensuring performance and leading the team, keeping knowledge, training and experience up to date, and imparting knowledge to others.</p><h3>Person Specification</h3><h3>Education & Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Registered Nurse and/or First level degree or equivalent level of experience</li><li>Teaching qualification</li><li>Nurse prescriber</li></ul><h3>Knowledge, Training & Experience</h3><ul><li>Professional awareness</li><li>Effective communications skills</li><li>Basic IT skills</li><li>Analytical / problem solving</li><li>Evidence of ongoing professional development</li><li>At least 2 years clinical nursing experience at Band 5 grade or above in an acute setting</li><li>Standard setting and audit</li><li>Within the past year have experience with the management and education of patients with diabetes</li><li>Working alongside the multidisciplinary team</li><li>Experience of leading and implementing change</li><li>Participating in training / post basic training</li><li>Participation in research application</li><li>Resource management</li><li>Advanced ECDL in IT</li></ul><h3>Communication and Interpersonal Skills</h3><ul><li>Be able to work on own initiative</li><li>Works well within a team</li><li>Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality</li><li>Participate in standard setting and research projects</li><li>Evidence showing clinical and professional development</li><li>To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care</li><li>Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands</li><li>Facilitate learning of others.</li></ul><h3>Special Attributes and other</h3><ul><li>High level of interpersonal skills</li><li>Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy</li><li>Flexible and reliable</li><li>Personal Integrity, credibility and assertive</li><li>Hard working and committed to the principles of public sector values</li><li>Ability to work flexibly and as a team</li><li>Change agent</li><li>Motivated</li><li>Ability to self manage a caseload</li></ul><h3>Other Requirements</h3><ul><li>Good timekeeper</li><li>Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service</li></ul><h3>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3><p>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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p></div>