Job summary
Diabetes Specialist Nurse: Permanent (30 hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Integrated Diabetes Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust as a permanent Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse.

Our specialist diabetes team manages all aspects of diabetes care, including inpatient diabetes, pregnancy, insulin pump therapy, diabetes technology, young adults and transition services, complex foot and wound care, and referrals from primary care.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible Diabetes Specialist Nurse to become an integral member of our high-performing multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will work closely with diabetes consultants and a wide range of healthcare professionals to provide expert, patient-centred care. You will support patients, carers, and families to optimise glycaemic control, improve long-term health outcomes, and enhance quality of life.

The role offers the opportunity to work across both community and acute settings, contributing to service development and helping to deliver high-quality diabetes care to our local population.

Applicants should have experience working as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, with an understanding of diabetes technologies, including their implementation and ongoing support within clinical practice. Excellent communication, organisational, and clinical skills are essential, along with a commitment to continuous professional development and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate nursing interventions to meet the patients' needs which may be in the community or acute setting.
• To actively participate in delivering health care for people with diabetes in Stockport; to ensure high quality and safe standards of care.
• To advise, educate and support clients and carers on the management of diabetes by providing specialised programmes of care in relation to health and illness and the development of self-management techniques including individual and group sessions.
• Adhere to Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct and associated guidelines.
• Maintain confidentiality in all aspects of care and employment.
• Be actively involved in clinical supervision of nursing and midwifery staff.
• Act as a role model at all times.
• Maintain relevant professional registration.
• Maintain appropriate records adhering to Trust and Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) guidelines on record keeping.

About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Location: Kingsgate House, Wellington Road, Stockport, SK4 1LW
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata per annum

Essential education and qualifications

• 1st level registered Nurse - NMC
• Nursing Degree/diploma level or equivalent experience.
• Teaching qualification or equivalent
• Non medical prescriber or willing to undertake
• Evidence of continuous professional development, maintaining a portfolio, including attendance at recent post-reg courses relevant to speciality.

Essential knowledge

• Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of nurses and nursing practice
• Substantial post registration experience at band 6 or above working in the field of diabetes
• Knowledge of current health economy pressures and local government initiatives and strategies
• Knowledge of guidelines and quality frameworks for diabetes
• Demonstrate initiative and innovative practice
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• Ability to develop leading services and change practice
• Ability to implement research/undertake audit recommendations
• Working within an acute and community setting

Desirable knowledge

• Demonstrate effective teaching and presentation skills
• Knowledge of diabetes specialist clinical treatments and technology
• Maintained development of clinical leadership skills
• Experience of continuous insulin infusion systems

Essential experience

• Responsibility for a defined area that includes assessment, planning and implementation of care
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership and management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of change management.

Essential skills and abilities

• Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate efficient IT skills
• Ability to demonstrate good organisational skills and offer flexibility within the workplace.
• Ability to demonstrate quality and an understanding of how it can be measured.
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to travel between sites

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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

Contact for questions about the job
Diabetes Nursing Service Lead: Nazia Arfin, nazia.arfin@stockport.nhs.uk, 01612044661

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