Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Overview

We are seeking a Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our well-established, multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an award-winning service at the forefront of diabetes care for children and young people, including advanced technologies such as closed loop insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring. The team provides care across Calderdale and Huddersfield from the Rainbow Community Hub in Elland, offering a modern and supportive working environment.

This is a community-based role requiring regular visits to children and families in their own homes and support within school settings; access to a car is essential.

Closing date: 19 July 2026

• Provide evidence-based specialist care to children, young people and their families with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in Calderdale and Huddersfield.
• Manage your own caseload, make clinical decisions on a daily basis (e.g., adjusting insulin doses), offer telephone support to children, young people and their families, and support school staff and other professionals.
• Attend multidisciplinary clinics on a weekly basis.
• Attend MDT meetings within the team as well as regional Nursing Network meetings.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings supporting children that require safeguarding intervention.
• Commence pump starts and provide continued support and information to the children on pump therapy.
• Provide structured education to families and relevant professionals involved in the care of the children and young people.
• Involve in compiling audit data.

We are a diverse, dynamic team that have been innovative over recent years and aim to provide high quality care to our patients and their families. We are compassionate towards one another and provide support and empathy when necessary.

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.

• 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
• Insulin pump therapy course

• Experience of caring for Children and Young People with Diabetes
• Evidence of continual professional development
• 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
• 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

• Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team
• To take charge and co-ordinate the team in the absence of the Clinical Manager

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 per annum, pro rata