Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary pro rata per annum Closing 09/07/2025 23:59

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

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

• Registered Nurse – NMC Level 1
• Teaching and Presentation Skills
• Management Experience
• Willingness to work towards a degree in Diabetes
• Teaching Qualification
• Specialist Diabetes Training

Previous Experience

• 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
• 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

• 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

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NSF and NICE guidelines
• Clinical knowledge relating to management of diabetes
• Tissue Viability and wound care management

Other Requirements

• 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

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

When you apply…

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date in certain circumstances. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.

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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions. We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.

King\’s Trust Support

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Anne Currie Job title Lead Nurse for Diabetes and Endocrinology Email address anne.currie3@nhs.net Telephone number 01438 285328 Additional information

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