Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 31 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes team as a Specialist Nurse. Our service cares for approximately 250 children and young people aged 0-19 years. This role is a fixed-term contract for 12 months covering 37.5 hours a week and requires the successful applicant to be flexible to respond to the demands of the service. The service is based at UHCW and works within the population of Coventry and Rugby, operating over two hospital sites.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates who, if successful after interview, must obtain approval from their current line manager to accept the offer.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, either from their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve providing expert advice to children and young people with diabetes and their families in both the community and hospital setting. The Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse will act as a professional resource for the multi-professional team. Current experience of working with children and young people with diabetes is essential.
It will require a keen interest in supporting and educating children, young people and families with managing diabetes from diagnosis, and motivation to learn. There will be a requirement for ward staff education, including delivering mandatory training programmes and supporting ward link nurses. The post will involve home visits, school support and working across two hospital sites, so ability to travel is essential.
Working with children and young people of all ages, the position requires leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and high motivation to work with the team to continue developing and enhancing the service.
Job responsibilities
* Build professional caring relationships with children, young people with diabetes, their families and carers, communicating effectively and empathetically while considering their chronological and developmental age and cognitive ability.
* Support, mentor and supervise student and ward nurses, medical students and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
* Support and enable children and families/carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management.
* Utilise local and national information and ICT systems to secure accurate and timely resource data.
* Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct and contribute to the achievement of corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times, including child protection.
* Maintain highly developed communication skills enabling the maintenance of high- quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often conflicting targets.
* Demonstrate responsibility and acceptance for the provision of a high- quality professional service, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
* Act as a resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
* Actively contribute to policy development and implementation of policies, guidelines and procedures for the department, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
* Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management, including complex patient monitoring, equipment and invasive tests and procedures if relevant.
Person Specification
Qualification/Training, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours, Disclosure and Barring Service Check are provided in supporting documents.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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