# Diabetes Specialist Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Includes partial weekends on rotational basis
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T11:53:44.120Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8346297
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8346297?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated and passionate diabetes team at Harrogate District Hospital providing specialist care for inpatients, outpatients, pregnant ladies, young adults and patients with complex diabetes. The team also provide structured education for people with diabetes and have an established diabetes technology service.

The post will include partial weekend working on a rotational basis in order to provide a 7 day inpatient diabetes service.

You will be a good team player but able to work autonomously, always striving to improve the care of and empower people with diabetes to self-manage where appropriate. Some diabetes and leadership experience would be advantageous for the role.

### Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing specialist advice, treatment and management plans for adults with diabetes, their families and/or carers as well as providing education and training for patients and MDT colleagues as required. It will also involve providing support to community nursing teams, GP surgeries and community colleagues, acting as a specialist resource and advocate for patients with diabetes.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information, please see the attached Job Description or contact Kathryn Johnson via kathryn.johnson17@nhs.net.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications and experience

**Essential**

- Registered General Nurse
- Diploma or post registration diabetes course or working towards, or equivalent experience
- Substantial post- registration experience
- Previous experience in diabetes care or equivalent clinical nurse experience in diabetes in an acute or community setting
- Evidence of management/ leadership skills and autonomous practice

**Desirable**

- Educated to degree level or working towards
- Independent Nurse Prescribing Course or willing to undertake
- Teaching qualification
- Management qualification or experience

## Documents

- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10671170)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 120.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10671169)

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