# Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-diabetes-specialist-nurse/8c55eabe-d5cb-486e-a4f1-b4d1a2bdea94 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-diabetes-specialist-nurse/8c55eabe-d5cb-486e-a4f1-b4d1a2bdea94.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Coventry - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (To cover maternity leave. Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-09T11:51:17.923Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/University_Hospitals_Coventry_Warwickshire_NHS_Trust/Womens_Childrens/Womens_Childrens-v8139634 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8139634?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhcw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Diabetes team as a Specialist Nurse. Our service  cares for approximately 250 children and young people aged 0-19 years. This role is a fixed-term contract for 12 months covering 37.5 hours across the week and requires the successful applicant to be flexible to respond to the demands of the service. The service is based at UHCW and works within the population of Coventry and Rugby, operating over 2 hospital sites. Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer. Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. ### Main duties of the job The role will involve providing expert advice to children and young people with diabetes and their families in both the community and hospital setting. The Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse will act as a professional resource for the multi-professional team. Current experience of working with children and young people with diabetes is essential. The successful candidate will demonstrate a keen interest in supporting and educating children, young people and families with managing diabetes from diagnosis, and will be motivated to learn.  There will be a requirement for ward staff education, including delivering a mandatory training programme and supporting ward link nurses. The post will involve home visits, school support and working across two hospital sites, so ability to travel is essential. The role involves providing advice and support during childhood and throughout the progression into our adolescent clinic for children and young people with diabetes and therefore the successful candidate must enjoy working with children and young people of all ages. They will be required to demonstrate leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and be highly motivated to work with the team to continue to develop and enhance our service. If you are invited to attend interview you will be asked to set up an account with the Trac recruitment system in order to confirm your interview time. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To build professional caring relationships with children, young people with diabetes and their families and carers and be able to communicate effectively and empathetically with children and young people with diabetes and their families always taking into consideration their chronological and developmental age and cognitive ability. - To support, mentor and supervise student and ward nurses, medical students and members of the multi-disciplinary team as appropriate. - To support and enable children and families/carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment and management. - Utilise all local and national information and ICT systems to secure accurate and timely resource data. - Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to achievement of corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times, including all aspects of child protection. - Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting targets. - Demonstrates responsibility and acceptance for the provision of a high quality professional Service, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency and quality to meet the needs of patients and service. - A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice. - Actively contribute to policy development and implementation of policies, guidelines and procedures for the department, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice. Undertake highly specialised technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring; equipment and invasive tests and procedures if relevant For further details please see the attached job description. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - - A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence based practice - A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures including NICE guidance - A commitment to clinical supervision and staff development **Desirable** - - In depth knowledge and experience in children’s diabetes care, including dietary aspects ### Experience **Essential** - - Professional clinical experience in diabetes - Proven ability to work autonomously as well as within a team **Desirable** - - Experience in research and audit - Resource Management - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - - Able to prioritise and meet deadlines effectively - Good management of own and others time - Able to use initiative and make decisions - Excellent communication skills - Patient and family focused - IT skills **Desirable** - - Advanced communication skills course ### Qualification/Training **Essential** - - Current professional Registration (RSCN/RN Child) - Evidence of continuous professional development - Evidence of current or recent Paediatric diabetes clinical experience - Relevant qualification in children’s diabetes care - Teaching and assessing qualification - Study at level 6 (degree/diploma) ### Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) - Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience ## Documents - [candidate information (pdf, 736.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10438169) - [welcoming disabled candidates (pdf, 371.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10438168) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 768.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10442888) ## 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.