Diabetes Specialist Nurse in Wigan

Main area Diabetes Specialist Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

18.25 hours per week (Between Monday-Friday) Job ref 302-26-8341704L-SM1

Site Boston House, Wigan Health Centre, Frog Lane, Wigan, WN6 7LB Town Wigan Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

People at the Heart. One Team. Your Career at WWL.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a motivated practitioner with initiative and drive to join our small Community Diabetes Team.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate flexibility and creative thinking in respect of service delivery.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required with a commitment to team working as well as being able to demonstrate working using own initiative. You will work closely with the Acute Trust and Services within the Community.

This is a permanent part time post (18.25 hours) working across Monday to Friday with no on-call.

Main duties of the job

• Accountable for own professional actions, specialist for a defined area of diabetes care. Assesses, plans and implements care for patients with diabetes, providing specialist advice.
• Providing safe care to patients in line with NICE guidelines and other local and national guidance relevant to role.
• Maintaining accurate patient records in line with trust policy and professional guidance.
• Provides specialist education and training to other staff and students on all aspects of diabetes management.
• Offer support and guidance to the Community Diabetes & Desmond Team.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high-quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

People at the Heart

Listen and Involve

Kind and Respectful

• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high-quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.

At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Duties

Assesses, develops and implements specialised programmes of care providing specialist advice on all aspects of diabetes management to patients and relatives.

Advises medical and nursing staff on appropriate treatment regimes for patients on a daily basis and is responsible for the continued management of cases in nurse run clinics and home visits.

Establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals and groups on potentially stressful topics in a range of situations.

Collect, collate and organise data on the health and well being and the related needs of people with diabetes and the associated complications drawing the appropriate conclusions and making them available to relevant people.

Contributes to the development of specialist evidence based protocols for use within their own area of diabetes care.

Raise communities and populations awareness of health and well-being and the actions that can be taken to address issues.

Prioritise and monitor workload within own specialist area, recognising change in priorities and implementing corrective actions where necessary.

Contributes to the planning and delivery of specialist education for health professionals working within the community across the borough of Wigan.

To assist with the review of services

Communications and Key Working Relationships

Accept direct referrals from other health care professionals and through the utilisation of relevant diagnostic investigations makes a diagnosis and generates treatment options.

Analyse and rigorously review all aspects of the patients programme of care interpreting information and using knowledge and judgement to provide specialist advice to recommend new course of action where necessary.

Skilled in the assessment of the special needs of the elderly and their limitations which have to be considered when producing individualised treatment regimes (eg cognitive function, manual dexterity)

Explain clearly to patients/carers the benefits and risks of different interventions, the alternative approaches available and the role of individual members of the team.

Communicates empathetically comprehensive and detailed sensitive information to patients and carers regarding both the diagnosis and the development of long-term life-threatening complications.

Utilise highly developed physical skills where accuracy is important, eg teaching home blood glucose monitoring.

Support patients/carers encouraging them to promote their own health and well-being and to express their interests and concerns.

Identify potential communication difficulties, relevant contextual factors and the risk of not communicating information at an appropriate time. (eg providing individualised patient education at level and appropriate timing for them, taking into account barriers to communication such as language, physical disability and environment.)

To maintain effective professional relationships with Acute Diabetes services and other relevant Health & Social Care services within Wigan & Leigh.

To inform and negotiate with the Multidisciplinary Team and outside agencies the need for care interventions. Communicating sensitive and often complex information.

Responsible for ensuring systems and processes are in place for the allocation of link roles/champions to ensure wider learning fed back to the whole team.

Accept designated responsibilities from senior leaders.

Responsibility for Finance

Ensure efficient and effective use of material resources/supplies within the team

Monitor, control and store resources/supplies according to the requirements and specifications of the clinical environment

Identify any problems with resource use/availability and make recommendations for corrective action which are consistent with team objectives and organisational policies

Ensure patients valuables and belongings are documented and managed according to trust policy.

Responsibility for Teaching

Identify the wider benefits, and influence and prioritise the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice in self and others to meet the demands of the job

Establish with others goals and methods for developing knowledge, ideas and work practice within diabetes care across the borough of Wigan (eg teaching sessions, education forums)

Take an active part in sharing achievements and developing knowledge, ideas and work practice (organising and contributing to departmental, trust, local and national education forums)

Promote awareness for national policies and other initiatives related to diabetes, eg NSF, NICE Guidelines and local Guidelines. To provide managerial supervision and leadership to team members.

Ensure student learners are supported on clinical placement, are appropriately supervised and have an effective learning experience.

Support junior staff with route planners and reviews.

Please see the full Job Description and Person Specification for full details

Person specification

Qualifications

• RGN
• Degree in Nursing or equivalent portfolio of evidence
• Appropriate post basic specialist certificated courses
• Teaching experience and or certificate/qualification
• Recognised qualification in the management of Diabetes.

Experience

• Experience working with patients with diabetes
• Ability to evaluate safety and effectiveness of own clinic practice
• Evidence working successfully as autonomous practitioner and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of developing programmes of care
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in Diabetes
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in audit/research
• Completion of Trend Insulin training
• Working in community setting providing patient care
• Experience working in Primary/Secondary care
• Evidence of contribution to service development and improvement.

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously.
• To be self-motivated and adaptable
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise caseload
• Evidence of participation in teaching and teaching skills.
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care.
• Basic IT skills including use of Word, Excel, Teams.
• Proficient in the use of electronic patient record systems such as Systmone.

Knowledge

• Evidence of clinical knowledge of managing the Diabetes condition throughout the patient journey.
• Clinical knowledge including diagnosing, treatment planning and follow up in own nurse led clinics.
• Understanding of medication and administration of medication relating to Diabetes, including insulin therapy
• Evidence of knowledge around latest local and national guidelines for Diabetes Management.
• Evidence of recent CPD.
• Knowledge of local Diabetes teams and supportive services within Wigan & Leigh.
• Knowledge of services appropriate to signpost patients to within Wigan & Leigh.

Additonal

• Flexible and adaptable approach in order to meet service need.
• Able to travel across Trust independently.
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
• Knowledge of the WWL Trust values and behaviours.

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 Naomi Morris Job title Operational Team Lead Email address naomi.morris4@nhs.net Telephone number 07464912193

WWL is part of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. We recognise continuous or ‘unbroken’ service from any Greater Manchester Local Authority, NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. This ensures access to our service related benefits.

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