# Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-diabetes-specialist-nurse/f6a1a9e0-0ccd-44b3-8e9d-1c344c15626c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-diabetes-specialist-nurse/f6a1a9e0-0ccd-44b3-8e9d-1c344c15626c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Huddersfield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5 hours per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T12:12:19.381Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Elland/Calderdale_Huddersfield_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Childrens_Diabetes/Childrens_Diabetes-v8068984 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8068984?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our well-established, highly regarded multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an award-winning service at the forefront of diabetes care for children and young people, including the use of advanced technologies such as closed loop insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring. The team provides care across Calderdale and Huddersfield, Our service operates from the newly developed Rainbow Community Hub in Elland, offering a modern and supportive working environment. This is a varied and rewarding role, involving regular visits to children and families in their own homes, as well as supporting care within school settings. Due to the community-based nature of the role, access to a car is essential. ### Main duties of the job To provide evidence based specialist care to children, young people and their families  with Type 1  Type 2 diabetes in Calderdale and Huddersfield To manage your own caseload of patients and to make clinical decisions on a daily basis, involving altering insulin doses, offering telephone support to children, young people and their families, as well as supporting school staff and other professionals To attend multidisciplinary clinics on a weekly basis, To attend MDT meetings within the team as well as regional Nursing Network meetings To attend multidisciplinary meetings supporting children that require safeguarding intervention To commence pump starts and provide continued support and information to the children on pump therapy To provide structured education to families and relevant professionals involved in the care of the children and young people To be involved in compiling audit data ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be responsible for managing your own caseload alongside the dietitian and patient advocate. You will also be responsible for supporting patients that are in our transition service alongside our adult colleagues and attending the evening transitional clinics. You will attend regular follow up clinics, new patient clinics and nurse led clinics as well as visiting patients at diagnosis on the ward, and continuing their education in the community setting ## Person Specification ### QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING **Essential** - R.N. Child - Current NMC registration - Professional or clinical qualification relevant to the speciality (eg. Children’s Diabetes Modules) or evidence of working towards - Evidence of education to degree level - Willingness to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course **Desirable** - Insulin pump therapy course ### KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE **Essential** - Experience of caring for Children and Young People with Diabetes - Evidence of continual professional development - Safeguarding Children Level 3 training - Knowledge of Diabetes NICE guidance and diabetes best practice tariff. - Updated research and evidence-based practice - Demonstrate ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care - Data Protection - Organisational abilities - Appropriate IT skills **Desirable** - Experience of working in a community setting and managing a nursing caseload - Evidence of teaching/training others - Able to demonstrate awareness of or evidence of clinical governance - Investigation training - Awareness of legislation relevant to the post - Root cause analysis - Counselling skills - Awareness of implementing change and willingness to learn new skills. - Recruitment & selection - Evidence of further learning ### COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES) **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team **Desirable** - To take charge and co-ordinate the team in the absence of the Clinical Manager ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10360189) ## 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.