Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
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Job Summary
Are you ready to make a real difference in diabetes care? We’re looking for a passionate Specialist Diabetes Practitioner to join our forward-thinking team within the Northern Care Alliance. This is your chance to work autonomously, delivering a high-quality, evidence-based service that transforms patient outcomes and empowers people to manage their own diabetes.
In this role, you’ll assess, plan, and implement individualized care while acting as a trusted resource for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals. You’ll also play a key part in shaping the future of diabetes services by delivering specialist education and training to staff and students across all aspects of diabetes management.
This is a varied and rewarding position with cross-site cover—4 days at Royal Oldham Hospital and 1 day at Fairfield General Hospital—giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience and collaborate with a dynamic multidisciplinary team.
If you’re committed to innovation, education, and improving patient care, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us lead the way in diabetes management.
Role Summary
We are seeking a motivated Specialist Diabetes Practitioner to join our team within the Northern Care Alliance. In this autonomous role, you will deliver a high-quality, evidence-based service for people living with diabetes, working within Trust policy, national guidelines, and your professional scope of practice.
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Your responsibilities include:
- Reducing inpatient bed occupancy by promoting excellent diabetes care and empowering patients to manage their condition.
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized treatment plans, ensuring appropriate care pathways and referrals.
- Acting as a specialist resource, providing expert advice to patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
- Delivering education and training to staff and students on all aspects of diabetes management.
- Participating in research and clinical audits.
- Maintaining compliance with NMC registration.
- Taking accountability for your professional development through supervision and appraisal.
Training opportunities will support service development and progression, including working towards or completing NMP V300.
If you are passionate about improving diabetes care and supporting multidisciplinary teams, we would love to hear from you.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
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As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values—care, appreciate, and inspire—to join our team.
In return, we can offer you:
- A job role with purpose and flexibility.
- A competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities.
- Opportunities for personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our [Candidate Information Pack](opens in existing window).
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Abigail Harreld
- Job Title: Diabetes Specialist Nurse
- Email Address: abigail.harreld@nca.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01616278268
Andrea Smith
- Email Address: Andrea.smith@nca.nhs.uk
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