Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse for a part-time, 12-month fixed-term contract. This role involves providing support and education to patients with diabetes in the community, working closely with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must have NMC registration and at least two years of nursing experience, with a strong focus on patient empowerment and education.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in Nursing.
• Experience in Diabetes care required.
• NMC registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of a specialist nursing service.
• Manage own caseload of patients under supervision.
• Promote effective communication between care sectors.

Skills

Effective team player

Teaching skills

Good tech skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Diabetes Diploma

NMC Registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Main area Diabetes Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (until 6th July 2026) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 293-EMRS2-0455

Site Hackney Diabetes Centre Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 pro rata p.a. incl. Salary period Yearly Closing 21/06/2025 23:59

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Job overview

Are you looking for an exciting post in the field of adult diabetes?

We are offering a 12 months Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse position as for maternity cover.

You will be a member of the highly regarded multidisciplinary Diabetes Service, providing education and support to patients, their relatives and carers, in the community.

The post is based in the community at G.P clinics, working alongside our Diabetes Specialist Dietician and Primary care staff.

We are looking for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse who has a passion to deliver excellent clinical knowledge of diabetes into practice, empowering patients to manage their diabetes with confidence.

As a growing diabetes service meeting the needs of an expanding local population, the service provides a number of routine and specialist services, including; providing multidisciplinary clinic support, dietitian and nurse-led clinics, ante-natal and pre-conception clinic, insulin pump clinic, transition clinic, virtual clinic, CGMS, emergency reviews and managing routine and urgent ward referrals. We are also a recognised DAFNE and X-PERT centre.

As a successful candidate, you will possess exemplary clinical reasoning skills, empathy and advanced communication skills. We are committed to training, supervision and audit to improve clinical skills and ensure a high quality of service provision.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will assist in the delivery of a specialist nursing service for people with diabetes.
• To liaise closely with defined GP practices and community nurses to ensure current recommended practice is effectively delivered.
• To ensure continuity of high standard evidence based nursing care, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating care plans for a defined caseload of patients in secondary care.
• To manage own caseload of patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
• To follow up patients under supervision from a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, providing relevant information enabling patients and their carers to make informed choices regarding treatment.
• To refer patients presenting with complex diabetes associated problems on to a senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse or senior Diabetes Dietitian using integrated patient care pathways.
• To develop and participate in the on-going education of people with diabetes, ensuring timely referral to participate in appropriate structured education programmes.
• To assist patients and their carers to achieve individual goals to maintain physical and psychological well being
• Be fully conversant with the actions of insulin and oral therapies under agreed guidelines and protocols.
• Promote effective communication between primary and secondary service sectors to ensure continuity of care.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

• NMC Registered
• At least 2 years experience in Nursing
• Experience in Diabetes
• Good tech skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams)
• Effective team player
• Being able to work under pressure
• Teaching skills
• Diabetes Diploma

G eneral Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.