Diabetes Specialist Nurse | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Liverpool, L7 8YE |
| Cwmni: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7359864/287-RMED-295-25 |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the inpatient diabetes team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based at The New Royal site.
This post will be part of the team that provides diabetes inpatient support to patients and staff at The New Royal, Broadgreen and Clatterbridge Liverpool sites.
The team support people with diabetes who are admitted to these sites and provide education and training to staff across the three sites.
As a band 6 Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse you will be part of a large Diabetes MDT.
The band 6 Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse is an integral part of the Diabetes MDT. Providing education and support to people with diabetes admitted to The Royal Liverpool Hospital, Broadgreen and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Liverpool.
This post will support patient and carer education for inpatients and also be part of the diabetes rolling education programs and in reach teaching. This will include being a source of specialist diabetes knowledge for staff across the sites.
Supporting the safe and timely discharge and referring on to appropriate care provision after discharge.
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 Hospital is 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 Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is 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 their careers page.
The role of the band 6 CNS in Diabetes includes the following: -
• Perform specialist assessment of people with diabetes mainly in the inpatient environment, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
• Undertake the diabetes competency programme of education based on the national TREND Diabetes competencies.
• Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation with the support of the band 7 CNS and the wider MDT.
• Co-ordinate and manage patient reviews from the Diabetes Dashboard or other referral systems.
• 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.
• 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 and to support safe discharge.
• To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in the review of people with complex needs, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
• Takes responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with re-registration requirements.
• Participates in the supervision and the teaching of pre and post registration students, new staff members and junior medical staff. Providing in-reach education to clinical areas to support safe diabetes patient care.
• Contribute to the development of educational programmes in relation to diabetes care.
• Identifies training needs and develop training resources for nursing staff to enable role development and to meet the needs of the service.
• Take part in diabetes awareness programmes and national diabetes awareness activities to promote and support diabetes education and safe care across the organisation.
This advert closes on Thursday 7 Aug 2025