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Job summary

Main area
Diabetes
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
844-8080089
Employer
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Catherine's Health Centre
Town
Birkenhead
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Diabetic Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

 

Job overview

To work within the community nursing service to support patients with diabetes, as part of a team collaboration with Wirral University Teaching Hospital’s diabetes service. The post-holder will have managerial and clinical supervision from WCHC, with access to specialist clinical supervision and professional development from the Wirral University Teaching Hospital team

 

Main duties of the job

Supporting discharges from hospital for patients with complex insulin regimens as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safe, timely and well-coordinated discharges.

Developing and delivering training and advice in diabetes and diabetes management to staff in and beyond district nursing, including titration of patients on insulin.

Providing direct specialist diabetes nursing assessment and support (including for self-management) to their own caseload of patients, typically housebound, and including those on palliative care pathways, ensuring their diabetes management needs are met.

To conduct joint home visits and to provide specialist clinical patient assessments, to support frontline clinical staff in the delivery of high quality, safe, integrated community care.

To contribute to the development of best practice and facilitate shared learning to develop services and initiatives that meet local needs, in relation to aims and objectives of Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Working for our organisation

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy for a thorough overview of the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • V300 Prescriber with experiences in diabetes formulary and insulin management
  • Registered with the National and Midwifery Council (NMC)
  • Degree/ Diploma in relevant clinical area
  • Evidence of master’s level study or equivalent specialist experience
  • Diabetes relevant specialist professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship Course Level 6 or equivalent
  • Leadership Course Level 6 or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Substantive experience in specialist diabetes management.
  • Experience in training, presenting and leading groups
  • Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies and professions to deliver change
  • Evidence of leading innovation and change in clinical practice
  • Experience of self-management and managing others
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
  • Experience in evaluating service delivery
  • Participation in a diversity of Nurse Practitioner or therapy care issues and settings
  • Has experience of supporting and guiding learners
  • Experience of mentorship and preceptorship of junior staff
  • Experience of exploring innovative ways of working and ensuring best practice within the clinical area
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary working
  • Evidence of significant involvement in change management
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Community Services within nursing or therapy and working clinically within those services ✔

Skills and attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to constructively challenge
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills
  • Effective organisational skills
  • Ability to support and motivate staff
Desirable criteria
  • Operational management experience

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of an out of hours rota
  • Able to build effective relationships that engage and support individuals and teams in change
  • Ability to influence and negotiate
  • Leadership qualities
  • High levels of personal awareness
  • Access to a car for work purposes
Desirable criteria
  • Operational management experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldHSJ Best places to workArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caroline Loveridge
Job title
Community & Specialist Nurse Manager/ACP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07817475901
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