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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Children's Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 21 August 2025

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Job summary

The post holder will work as a member of the Diabetes Nursing Team under the direction of the Consultants to deliver an expert nursing service to patients with Diabetes, from diagnosis until discharge or transition to the adult service. The post holder will deliver specialist nursing skills, demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and expertise in the autonomous management of children and young people within the diabetes service. The post holder will ensure that patients and families are educated, informed and supported by providing clinical and social support in relation to their diagnosis. It will be necessary to work flexibly with a caseload of patients, across both the hospital and community settings for a defined caseload of patients within the diabetes service and to provide symptom advice to other health care professionals and initiate guideline-based therapies. The post holder will establish clear lines of communication with primary healthcare teams . The post holder will contribute to the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines and will participate in audit and quality improvement initiatives.

The post holder will ensure that patients and their families are educated, informed and supported by providing clinical and social support in relation to their specific diagnosis and treatment plans

Main duties of the job

  • It will be necessary to work flexibly across a caseload of patients across both the hospital and community setting for local patients and to provide expert advice to other health care professionals and initiate guidelines based therapies that address acute management issues for diabetes
  • The post holder will contribute to the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines and will participate in audit.
  • The post holder will work across organisational, regional and national boundaries and form good working relationships with colleagues within the regional diabetes network.
  • Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

About us

  • The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion
  • Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve
  • Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH
  • As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology
  • We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7336616

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for further details regarding the main duties and responsibilities of the job

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and the Person Specification for further details regarding the main duties and responsibilities of the job

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • RN Child/RSCN
  • NMC Registered
  • Current practice assessor and supervisor on the live database
  • Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
  • Clinically competent within specialty
  • Teaching and Assessing qualification/mentorship course

Desirable

  • 1st Level degree or equivalent in nursing or health related subject
  • Diabetes Qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge/willingness to undertake training
  • Counselling qualification

Knowledge/experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates significant experience within a paediatric/diabetes role at Band 5 or above
  • Significant experience of caring for children and young people with Diabetes
  • Evidence of ongoing professional self-development
  • Good communication skills
  • Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
  • Responsive to change
  • Awareness of research and evidenced based practice

Desirable

  • Experience of involvement in service development
  • Experience of delivering presentations to a wide range of audiences
  • Experience of managing a caseload

Communication/interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
  • Good analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to develop and motivate staff
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to manage challenging situations
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Ability to develop user friendly teaching materials
  • Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
  • Awareness of benchmarking and clinical governance
  • Good interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to manage challenging situations
  • Proven ability to educate colleagues

Desirable

  • Assertively engages young people and families and carers
  • Demonstrates leadership ability

All sections completed

Essential

  • All sections of the application form are completed

Special/other

Essential

  • Accepts guidance and supervision from senior colleagues
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Positive and enthusiastic
  • Reliable
  • Effective and capable
  • Perceptive and sensitive
  • Good role model
  • Personal and professional integrity and credibility
  • Full driving licence with access to a car
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • RN Child/RSCN
  • NMC Registered
  • Current practice assessor and supervisor on the live database
  • Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
  • Clinically competent within specialty
  • Teaching and Assessing qualification/mentorship course

Desirable

  • 1st Level degree or equivalent in nursing or health related subject
  • Diabetes Qualification or equivalent specialist knowledge/willingness to undertake training
  • Counselling qualification

Knowledge/experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates significant experience within a paediatric/diabetes role at Band 5 or above
  • Significant experience of caring for children and young people with Diabetes
  • Evidence of ongoing professional self-development
  • Good communication skills
  • Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
  • Responsive to change
  • Awareness of research and evidenced based practice

Desirable

  • Experience of involvement in service development
  • Experience of delivering presentations to a wide range of audiences
  • Experience of managing a caseload

Communication/interpersonal skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
  • Good analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to develop and motivate staff
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Good interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to manage challenging situations
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Ability to develop user friendly teaching materials
  • Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
  • Awareness of benchmarking and clinical governance
  • Good interpersonal skills and demonstrates ability to manage challenging situations
  • Proven ability to educate colleagues

Desirable

  • Assertively engages young people and families and carers
  • Demonstrates leadership ability

All sections completed

Essential

  • All sections of the application form are completed

Special/other

Essential

  • Accepts guidance and supervision from senior colleagues
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Positive and enthusiastic
  • Reliable
  • Effective and capable
  • Perceptive and sensitive
  • Good role model
  • Personal and professional integrity and credibility
  • Full driving licence with access to a car
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service

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 (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).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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 (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).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


Employer's website

https://www.hey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron for Children and Young People

Anna Sowersby

anna.sowersby@nhs.net

07876818247

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

356-25-7336616

Job locations

Hull Royal Infirmary

Anlaby Road

Hull

HU3 2JZ


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