Diabetes Specialist Nurse T1DE

Overview

An exciting secondment / fixed term opportunity for a band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) with a special interest in supporting people with type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE). This post will support an NHS England funded type 1 diabetes and disordered eating service for Cheshire and Merseyside as part of the DSN team. The post holder will be based at Aintree University Hospital with a service site in Cheshire.

They will work alongside a consultant diabetologist, consultant psychiatrist, consultant psychologist, and eating disorder specialists from mental health partners to provide comprehensive care to patients attending the service. Opportunities for training and observation will be provided and all service members will be offered peer support from the psychology team.

• Act as a Diabetes clinical expert and professional resource to multi-professional teams, patients and carers within the specialty service.
• Support the development of a specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the specialty teams across Acute, Community and Primary Care Service.
• Carry responsibility for a defined caseload and offer highly specialist advice, set standards of care, and assess care needs.
• Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care within the specialist area.
• Contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
• Lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for delivery of care within the specialist area.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG), formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group aims to improve the care we provide to our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services with specialist patient rehabilitation.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specializes in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single-site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital provides inpatient care with a focus on complex planned care and specialist services.