Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 6 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join the Paediatric Diabetes service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves providing specialist training, ensuring quality care delivery across acute and community settings, and working as an autonomous practitioner. You will manage a caseload of children and young people with diabetes, lead nurse-led clinics, and act as an expert resource within the multidisciplinary team.
Essential criteria
- NMC registration & revalidation requirements
- Be willing to complete/have completed the Diabetes Course
- Post registration experience at Band 5 or 6 level
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of degree / working towards higher degree or equivalent experience
- Experience & Knowledge
- Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
- Experience of autonomous decision making
- Specific knowledge of the clinical area / speciality
- Evidence of teaching/nurturing
- Skills and Ability
- Takes responsibility and is accountable for all delegated nursing care within the team
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and reprioritising
- Is a decision maker
- Work across division during unit cover
- Fully competent and trained in the use of Insulin Pump Therapy and Advanced Technologies
- Communications and interpersonal skills
- Communicates highly complex condition related, sensitive information to patients, public and staff.
- Negotiation, persuasion, motivation, reassurance, facilitation and influencing skills
- Car owner and driving licence essential to role.
- Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements
- NMC registration & revalidation requirements
- Be willing to complete/have completed the Diabetes Course
- Post registration experience at Band 5 or 6 level
- Evidence of degree / working towards higher degree or equivalent experience
- Experience & Knowledge
- Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff
- Experience of autonomous decision making
- Specific knowledge of the clinical area / speciality
- Evidence of teaching/nurturing
- Skills and Ability
- Takes responsibility and is accountable for all delegated nursing care within the team
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and reprioritising
- Is a decision maker
- Work across division during unit cover
- Fully competent and trained in the use of Insulin Pump Therapy and Advanced Technologies
- Communications and interpersonal skills
- Communicates highly complex condition related, sensitive information to patients, public and staff.
- Negotiation, persuasion, motivation, reassurance, facilitation and influencing skills
- Car owner and driving licence essential to role.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Paediatric Diabetes service at UHDB for a permanent Band 6 Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
We are looking for you to be part of the Paediatric Diabetes Service at UHDB, maintaining and developing a quality service at Royal Derby Hospital whilst supporting a cross-site provision with Queens Hospital Burton.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist training across acute and community settings.
You will ensure the delivery of agreed professional standards of care within diabetes across the Trust and out in the community.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the assessment, management and evaluation of treatment and care for a caseload of children & young people aged 0-19 years with diabetes
You will co-ordinate and implement evidence-based care for the caseload of patients and lead Nurse-led clinics as part of an overarching treatment plan with the Multidisciplinary Team
You will be a highly visible and accessible resource within the clinical setting at UHDB.
You will be an active member of the clinical multidisciplinary team and deliver a safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led service where compassion is embedded and a posi
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