Diabetes Nurse

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Cannock; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Cannock seeks a Band 6 Diabetes Nurse to join the specialist team, providing diabetes care and support within the community. The role involves assessing complex care needs, educating patients and staff, and requires NMC registration and a Nursing degree. Competitive benefits, including flexible working options and generous leave, offered.

Benefits

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Salary sacrifice car and bike schemes

Qualifications

• Must have extensive and demonstrable skills specifically in Diabetes management.
• Keen interest in education, teaching, and mentorship for healthcare professionals and patients.
• Non-medical prescribing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate care/support packages.
• Supervise, train, and lead as appropriate.
• Demonstrate initiative and find creative solutions.

Skills

Diabetes management

Education and mentorship

Clinical assessment

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Nursing or Equivalent

Registration with NMC

Accredited Diabetes Modules

Job description

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Diabetes Nurse

The closing date is 08 October 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a NMC Registered Band 6 Nurse to join our Diabetes Specialist Service based in South Staffordshire.

You will join our team of Specialist Nurses, Consultants, Educators, and Administration staff. The aim of the service is to provide Specialist Diabetes support and interventions within the Community and across the primary care network through nurse-led clinics and home visits.

You must have extensive and demonstrable skills specifically in Diabetes management and will ideally hold an accredited course in Diabetes or demonstrate a keen interest in Diabetes management with a keen interest in education, teaching, and mentorship for healthcare professionals and patients.

You will additionally play a key role in supporting and educating patients, as well as community and practice staff to improve the quality of Diabetes care.

This opportunity will support professional development and enhance Diabetes knowledge. Non-medical prescribing, whilst not essential, would be advantageous.

You will be required to travel independently across a large geographical area.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 NMC Registered Nurse, you will have detailed professional and clinical knowledge and will be a specialist practitioner with focus in the following areas:

• Diabetes care and management.
• Provide assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of care/support packages.
• Provide supervisory, training, and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
• Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.
• Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in team management.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria are met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation, and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI, you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached the full job description and personal specification to understand the role's detailed responsibilities.

Person Specification

Degree in Nursing or Equivalent

• Achieved

Registration with NMC

• Achieved

Non-medical prescribing

Accredited Diabetes Modules

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.