Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Diabetes team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) as a band 6 Inreach/outreach Specialist Diabetes Nurse. This is a temporary post for 12 months to cover maternity leave and could be a fantastic secondment opportunity for the right person

The post holder will be an integral member of the Diabetes Service specialist team, providing care, treatment and education to patients living with diabetes and their families. This will involve working closely with the community network of health care professionals to deliver an integrated package of care between hospital and primary care in particular to empower a patient's self-management with their insulin.

The aim of the role is to support admission avoidance through early reviews and provision of 1:1 patient education within a patient's own place of residence and also to facilitate early discharge from acute and community hospital settings by providing continuity of care. This involves close working with District Nursing Teams for complex case management and also community hospital wards

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate competency in the development of individualised management plans for a patient with diabetes in inpatient and community settings.
• To support the principle of self-management for people with diabetes and sign-post people to information and support to encourage informed decision making about living with diabetes and managing life events (e.g. peer reviewed structured education programmes).
• Support the person with diabetes in setting realistic goals and in the achievement of those goals. This is often in unique circumstances.
• To support and provide training to NCIC staff in all settings in relation to management of diabetes. This may be acute wards, residential homes, district nursing teams or GP practice.
• Establish, maintain and titrate insulin regimes, and where appropriate review for discontinuation of insulin.
• Be aware of national and local guidance and training requirement on insulin safety.
• Demonstrate awareness of the importance of daily foot checks in those with poor mobility, the frail and the bedbound.
• Be familiar with the person with diabetes' treatment regimen and device or delivery systems

About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Pa Pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Closing date: 29 October 2026

Benefits

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Essential qualifications and experience

• Significant general nursing experience within the NHS
• Detailed knowledge of all aspects of diabetes and associated risk factors
• Ability to work autonomously, efficiently and professionally locality wide visiting patients in General Practice surgeries, Health centres, community and acute hospitals and emergency home
• Experience of teaching adults
• General IT skills including experience of windows based software and MS Office
• Understanding of current NHS issues and initiatives
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application
• Up to date knowledge of the developments in diabetes care
• Degree level education
• NMC registration
• Basic qualification/short courses in specialist area (Diabetes e.g. Warwick Course A205, CIDC, Bradford Diabetes course) or willing to work toward
• Demonstrable clinical skills within specialist area, including physical assessment skills and basic life support
• Ability to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making
• Confident, diplomatic, good organisational ability, pleasant disposition, able to work in isolation but part of a team, co-operative & flexible, able to deal with difficult/emotional situations
• Able to travel independently of public transport and be able to travel widely as and when required

Desirable

• To have or be willing to become a DESMOND/ DAFNE/ Walking Away trainer
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit
• Adult Education Teaching Certificate
• Diabetes related qualification such as Warwick or Bradford
• NST307 or will work towards

Important information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship are welcome and considered alongside all other applications. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Apply through our website.