Job Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us.
We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Job overviewWe 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 jobThe 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 organisationMersey 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 responsibilitiesPlease refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role requirements.Person specificationSkillsEssential 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 boundariesDesirable criteria- Research skillsKnowledge/ExperienceEssential 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 policyDesirable criteria- Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist areaQualificationsEssential 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 bodyDesirable criteria- Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards)- First line management qualificationValuesEssential criteria- Continuous Improvement- Accountability- Respectfulness- Enthusiasm- Support- Responsive to service users- Engaging leadership style- Strong customer service belief- Transparency and honesty- Discreet----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs.Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role and work in Children’s & Young People services to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.Please be advised that the use of Artificial Intelligence on applications is monitored and if you choose to use this, you must declare this on your application form.Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.