Diabetes Specialist Nurse: Sponsorship Available

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)

Job summary

The diabetes team is based in the acute hospital trust and consists of a Consultant Diabetes nurse, 2 advance nurse practitioner’s, and Diabetes specialist nurses working in outpatient clinics, in-patients and community . We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team including our administration team and the consultant diabetologists providing a Monday to Friday service. We have a well established insulin pump service over both hospital sites .

Main duties of the job

Provide leadership in the field of diabetes and draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills to develop and deliver high quality service to people with diabetes.

Act as an expert practitioner, overseeing, delegating and supporting care carried out by other members of the diabetes team where required

Work closely with other departmental staff and professionals to facilitate a multidisciplinary framework for the effective delivery of diabetes care.

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop an innovative high quality service, which enables individualised care to be facilitated and delivered to people with diabetes and their carers/families.

Responsible for delivering an equitable nurse lead service for people with diabetes in Warrington and Halton.

Be responsible for a defined clinical caseload of people living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Make an assessment on complex facts to formulate a care plan, implement and continual evaluate care.

Review patient’s medication regime ensuring that patients receive appropriate pharmacotherapy in effective doses. Prescribe changes or initiate medication in accordance with non medical prescribing.

Refer people to relevant practitioners or agencies when this is necessary providing accurate and necessary information consistent with maintaining confidentiality.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Non Medical Prescriber
  • Registered Nurse

Desirable

  • V300 Non Medical Prescribing for band 7

Experience

Essential

  • Diabetes knowledge

Desirable

  • Insulin Pump experience

Skills

Essential

  • Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others
  • Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation

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).

Closing Date: 4 September 2026

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