Job summary
Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

This is an exciting opportunity to work as our lead nurse for the inpatient diabetes team at Countess of Chester NHS trust. This is an ideal opportunity for a current band 7 nurse to continue their development, or for a band 6 nurse with inpatient experience wanting to expand their knowledge in the area, to shape the inpatient diabetes experience for patients, families and staff at the Countess.

It is an opportunity for someone with an enthusiasm for inpatient diabetes and a wish to extend their expertise in this field. The post will include responsibility for leading the service and planning the future care for inpatients with diabetes, using GRIFT and JBDS guidelines to push the service forward, you will be involved in the development and shaping our service working within the MDT diabetes team and wider hospital specialties so that it is fit for the future for our patients with diabetes while they are residing at the Countess of Chester. You will need to show empathy and sensitivity to the needs of the patients, have good communication skills, together with a friendly, polite, and professional attitude.

You will need excellent clinical, organizational, IT and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

• Work as a highly-skilled independent practitioner implementing and recommending treatment based on expert clinical.
• Provide comprehensive evidence-based highly specialist clinical care, training, and consultancy to both people with diabetes and other professionals.
• Providing advice, support, and education to our patients their families.
• Contributing to Patient MDT meetings/case conferences, referrals to other services to meet the patients needs.
• Assess, advise, and take appropriate action for bleeps, ward referrals emergency and routine phone calls from GPs, practice nurses, district nurses, hospital-based staff and other Healthcare professionals.
• Be responsible and accountable for managing the inpatient caseload of patients, with multiple medical conditions and complex needs.
• To provide an expert diabetes nursing service, giving support, advice, and information diabetes
• Act as an expert resource, providing clinical advice and support to others involved in providing care for people with diabetes, in secondary care and patients that need district nurse input in the community.
• Work as an independent practitioner and demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing.
• Practice advanced clinical skills and maintain a high professional standard of care and expertise.

About us
The Trust's services are provided from three locations: The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery.

Details
Date posted: 04 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 210-2026-755

Job locations
Countess of Chester Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1UL, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse, RGN/RN (Adult).
• Diploma/degree in nursing or equivalent experience
• Nurse Prescriber or working towards this qualification.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development with post registration training/experience in diabetes.
• Post registration Diabetes Qualification.

Desirable qualifications

• MSc in relevant topic.
• Teaching qualification.

Essential knowledge

• Experience in service development and implementation of change
• Substantial post registration to include specialist diabetes experience.
• Experience in developing and/or delivering teaching programs.
• Significant previous experience as a Diabetes Nurse.

Desirable knowledge

• Diabetes inpatient nursing

Essential skills

• Good communication skills
• Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to supervise and support junior members of the team
• Committed to improving services.
• Able to work individually and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Computer literate, confident in word and e-mail.
• Flexible approach to meeting service and client needs.
• Motivated and enthusiastic.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Clinical Lead Nurse: Christopher Morgan, chris.morgan14@nhs.net, 01244363781

The Trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.