Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary
Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Permanent
37.5 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DiSN) to be at the forefront of driving up standards and quality in diabetes care within the Inpatient Diabetes team of Liverpool University Hospitals (Aintree Hospital).

The role will also include working in a variety of clinical areas within inpatient diabetes nurse service, there will also be some development opportunities to work in outpatient clinics including complex MDT foot clinic within the Diabetes Centre and sub specialist clinics e.g. antenatal clinic, pre-operative assessment clinic .

The successful applicant must have more than 6 months (Band 6 or above) experience of working autonomously within the specialist field as a Diabetes Inpatient Specialist nurse and with the ability to work to evidence-based guidelines; audit the care given to patients to make and suggest improvements in services.

The post holder will also be required to deliver complex educational packages to health care professionals and patients around effective diabetes management.

Main duties of the job
Act as Diabetes clinical expert to ward staff and medical staff, junior doctors and medical staff as a professional resource to Multi-Professional teams, patients and carers within the Diabetes speciality service.

The post holder will support the development of specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality teams across Acute Hospital.

The post holder will carry responsibility for a defined case load and offer highly specialist advice, setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework

They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for delivery of care within the specialist area across the Acute hospital areas (Aintree)

About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Details
Date posted: 07 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 287-AMED-328-26
Job locations: Aintree University Hospital, Aintree House, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Perform specialist assessment of patients care needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
• Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
• Co-ordinate and manage clinician-led clinics (within Speciality).
• Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
• Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
• Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
• To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
• To lead the specialist contribution to the service, in the delivery of high standards of patient care.
• To lead the specialist contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care.
• Act as a role model and expert clinician providing in depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers / relatives.
• Undertake clinical supervision of colleagues on an individual or group basis.
• Act as a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality.
• Provide leadership to the team of specialists and working with the matron, develop new roles / ways of working (High Impact Changes). Linked to directorate business plans.

Management / Operational

• Support management of a team of specialist clinicians towards achieving directorate, and Trust objectives
• Support monitoring sickness, absence and competence issues in line with Trust Policy. Support recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• RGN with current NMC registration
• Degree (or equivalent)
• Post-registration qualification in diabetes
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing course (V300)

Skills and Aptitudes
Essential

• Ability to effectively communicate sensitive information in a variety of settings.
• Able to influence and overcome resistance through application of advanced communication skills
• Able to analyse data and provide written reports
• Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage work autonomously
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to perform advanced clinical skills
• Able to supervise and support junior members of the team
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting.

Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential

• Clinical experience with specific experience within Diabetes.
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.
• Experience in service development and implementation of change
• Sound knowledge of current developments in the NHS

Desirable

• Experience of caring for patients using insulin pumps

Other requirements
Essential

• Willingness to work flexibly and at other sites when required.
• Ability and willingness to undertake further training as necessary

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 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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Aintree University Hospital, Aintree House, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Nurse Consultant Diabetes, Anne Cartwright, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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