Senior Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Senior Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

18.75 Hours per Week / Permanent

Are you an enthusiastic and innovative nurse with a passion for improving the lives of children and young people living with diabetes? If you are looking for a rewarding role where you can truly make an impact, we would love to hear from you.

Our paediatric diabetes service is continuing to grow and evolve, supported by a highly motivated multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering outstanding, child-centred care.

As aSenior Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will play a pivotal role within our specialist MDT, helping to drive service innovation, improve patient outcomes, and support children, young people, and their families throughout their diabetes journey. We are looking for someone who is proactive, compassionate, and excited by the opportunity to help shape and develop accessible, high-quality services.

We are seeking a nurse who

• Has a genuine passion for paediatric diabetes care
• Enjoys working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment
• Brings creativity, enthusiasm, and a patient-focused approach
• Is committed to continuous learning and service improvement

This is an exciting time to join our team and help shape the future of paediatric diabetes care for children and young people across our communities.

• To take the leading role in the advanced assessment, treatment, and management of children with diabetes within inpatients and outpatients.
• To lead for diabetes transition services.
• To act as a clinical lead for the Paediatric diabetes services.
• To review and educate all children and young people.
• To develop comprehensive care plans for CYP.
• To be highly skilled in the advanced clinical assessment and advanced management of CYP with diabetes.
• To provide advanced information, education, advice, and support to the CYP, parents, ward staff and schools.
• Working in a demanding environment, the successful applicant will be required to:
• Lead on a designated clinic and independently manage a case load of CYPs.
• Use excellent communication skills.
• Have advanced and extensive knowledge and clinical skills to manage CYP with diabetes, aetiology, and treatment.
• Have experience of working autonomously and as a member of the nursing team/MDT
• Be confident and competent in their role and have a willingness to develop their skills.
• Have excellent organisational, prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• Have the experience and expertise of supporting and teaching ward staff, families, and other professionals such as schools.
• Demonstrate resilience with a fast paced and unpredictable workload.
• Lead in quality improvement projects involving audits.

Manage junior staff.

• Hold strong leadership and management skills.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026