Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week)
- Job ref
- 361-7266275
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- pro rata per annum
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse with an interest in out-patient diabetes care, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The post is held within the award winning East and North Herts institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology (ENHIDE) and works closely with other members of the MDT.
Following a period of training and competency attainment the post holder will take responsibility for the provision of expert nursing care and be able to demonstrate competent ability in managing a cohort of patients within these specialties.
The Diabetes Specialist Nurse team provides ward cover seven days per week. This service is delivered on a rotational basis with Diabetes consultant on-call support and you will be expected to be a part of this rotation.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The role is within the diabetes & endocrinology department and a keen interest in Diabetes and being able to work effectively as part of a team is key to the success of this role. The ability being to work unsupervised and use a high level of interpersonal skills is essential.
The post holder will be working in secondary care, eventually providing complex case management and supporting people living with diabetes in the acute clinical setting both as in-patient and out-patients.
You will work with multi-professional teams and organisations to deliver excellent diabetes care.
You will be willing to lead specific research and clinical audit projects within the department.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding & starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – NMC Level 1
- Teaching and Presentation Skills
- Management Experience
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to work towards a degree in Diabetes
- Teaching Qualification
- Specialist Diabetes Training
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive clinical experience at senior Band 5 or equivalent in an acute setting
- Evidence of specialist Clinical skills and experience
- Experience of Practice development
- MDT Working
Desirable criteria
- Evidence or Research / Audit
- Evidence of recent Diabetes Clinical Practice
- Experience of working with people with Diabetes in a clinical setting
- Experience of Nurse Led Clinics
Skills
Essential criteria
- Confident of own knowledge base, aware of learning needs and seeks support as appropriate.
- Ability to manage own workload
- Excellent communication skills with patients and professionals
- Counselling skills
- Evidence of ability to influence change
- IT skills – Word, NHS Mail, Excel
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NSF and NICE guidelines
- Clinical knowledge relating to management of diabetes
- Tissue Viability and wound care management
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anne Currie
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438 285328
- Additional information
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