# Diabetes Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/diabetes-specialist-nurse/dfe083ad-8f15-463b-8b30-18eb114d238c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/diabetes-specialist-nurse/dfe083ad-8f15-463b-8b30-18eb114d238c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hollins Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 0830-1630) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-16T23:02:17.459Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Diabetes_Team/Community_Diabetes_Team-v8296518 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8296518?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting a Band 7 Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse to join the Sefton Community Diabetes Team. The post holder will demonstrate a comprehensive and up‑to‑date knowledge base across all aspects of diabetes management and promote excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic and evolving healthcare environment. As a senior clinician within the service, the post holder will: - Act as an expert practitioner, providing advanced, evidence‑based assessment, treatment, and management for patients with complex diabetes needs. - Provide clinical leadership, supporting the team to deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred care. - Contribute to specialist case management, ensuring personalised and coordinated care pathways for patients across community settings. - Deliver direct patient care, offering expert education, self‑management support, and clinical intervention to optimise patient outcomes. - Support the development of clinical skills within the team, role‑modelling professional standards and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement. - Promote safe, effective, and proactive diabetes care, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and system‑wide teams. - Post holder must hold V300 qualification. The service works in partnership with University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, providing applicants with opportunities for ongoing training, professional development, and skills enhancement, supporting career progression and delivery of high‑quality diabetes care. ### Main duties of the job The successful post holder will provide a high‑quality specialist diabetes service to patients across Southport, Formby, and South Sefton, working as part of an established and supportive multidisciplinary team. The post holder will be expected to: - Demonstrate a comprehensive and current knowledge base in diabetes management and champion excellence in nursing practice within a dynamic healthcare environment. - Provide leadership and management support, undertaking defined leadership duties in the absence of the Team Leader. - Exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills, using initiative, working autonomously, and leading the team effectively. - Deliver specialist nursing care, undertake case management, and provide direct patient care for people with complex diabetes needs. - Act as an expert practitioner—optimising patient health outcomes, promoting self‑management, and supporting patients through complex clinical pathways. - Undertake non‑medical prescribing, initiating, adjusting, and reviewing diabetes‑related treatments in line with evidence‑based practice and local policies. - Support the delivery of high‑quality, patient‑centred diabetes care in community settings. - Provide expert education and clinical support to patients, families, and other healthcare professionals. - Use prescribing authority to improve access to timely treatment, reduce delays in care, and enhance patient outcomes. - Play an active role in service development and quality improvement initiatives. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role requirements. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - IT literate. - Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload - Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills - Ability to understand and analyse complex data - Risk assessment skills - Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues - Self-management and motivation skills - Report writing skills - Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues - Ability to travel to work across boundaries **Desirable** - Research skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Demonstrable post registration/qualification - Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care - Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of management and clinical leadership - Experience of successful multiagency working - Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care - Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy - Understanding how other agencies work **Desirable** - Experience of delivering education and training programmes in specialist area ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent qualification (evidence of study at degree level or higher) - Appropriate prescriber (V300) - Evidence of CPD/Short courses relevant to specialist area - Registration with relevant professional body **Desirable** - Clinical Examination and Diagnostics (or working towards) - First line management qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 356.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10615289) - [oh risk id form (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10615290) - [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) - [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.