Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 23 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR787-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Children's Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Children’s Diabetes CNS to join an established team dedicated to managing diabetes in children at Ipswich Hospital. You will provide specialist clinical advice and care to children and young people with diabetes.
We are looking for a confident innovative and experienced children’s nurse who will be required to work within a multidisciplinary team providing support to acute services. You will need to be a good team player and be able to develop collaborative working relationships with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the provision of specialist children’s diabetes service by acting autonomously to assess and treat own case load of patients.
Develop, facilitate and provide education of specialist knowledge for nursing, medical and paramedical staff through extensive knowledge of diabetes and its management.
The post holder will be an advocate for children and their families, promoting child focus family-centred care and act as a resource for health care professionals involved with these patients.
The post holder will support a specialist daily service to in-patients, providing expert nursing interventions, advice and support to children and families.
The post holder will support and participate in audit research and advancement of the Diabetes service, assisting with the development of specialist protocols and education package.
To work as part of the Paediatric Diabetes team to ensure that criteria for Best Practice Tariff (BPT) are met.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Proven post registration basic experience of working within a relevant field of diabetes
- • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- • Mentoring / supervision of other professionals
Desirable criteria
- • Management experience
- • Evidence of change management to improve the patient experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN/RSCN/ RN Child
- Diabetes related diploma /recognised qualification (working towards /willingness to complete)
- Mentorship / teaching equivalent
- BSc
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical Prescribing
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Sound clinical knowledge of current issues affecting children with diabetes
- • Clear understanding of and a commitment to clinical governance
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Martina Thomas
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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