Diabetes Nurse Specialist Community

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking 2 Diabetes Nurse Specialists to support Community Nursing teams in managing diabetes care across Sheffield. The role involves providing education to staff, conducting patient reviews, and improving service practices. Candidates should have relevant experience in diabetes management within a community setting, alongside strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience working in a primary/community nursing setting.
• Post registration experience in diabetes management.
• Experience of managing change within the speciality.

Responsibilities

• Provide diabetes education to staff.
• Undertake individual patient reviews.
• Develop best practice across the service.

Skills

Specialist knowledge in diabetes management

Communication skills

IT and systems management skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Accredited qualification in diabetes

Degree level education or working towards

Independent nurse prescriber or equivalent

Job description

Diabetes Nurse Specialist Community

The closing date is 21 September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Diabetes Nurse Specialists to support our Community Nursing teams to effectively manage the care of diabetic patients on their caseloads across Sheffield. There are twenty two Community Nursing Teams delivering close to 400 visits per day to patients to administer insulin. This role will be instrumental in exploring innovative approaches to reduce demand on the nursing service whilst ensuring optimal patient management.

Overview

2 Diabetes Nurse Specialists to support Community Nursing teams in managing diabetes care across Sheffield.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside the Community Nursing teams providing diabetes education to the staff, undertaking individual patient reviews, and developing best practice across the service.

The successful candidate should have experience with diabetes patient care and experience of working within the community.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Accredited qualification at diploma level or above in diabetes or equivalent experience
• Degree level education or working towards
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Independent nurse prescriber or equivalent or willing to work towards
• Evidence of advanced training in diabetes

Experience

• Experience working in a primary/community nursing setting
• Extensive, demonstrable post registration experience in the speciality including experience/knowledge of service management, planning and delivery
• Experience of managing change within the speciality
• Evidence and experience of innovative working in diabetes
• Evidence of working effectively and collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries
• Experience of autonomously managing patients with diabetes within a defined caseload
• Experience of caseload management, health assessment and advanced skills in patient education
• Experience of working within the community

Skills and knowledge

• Specialist knowledge and skills in diabetes management including diabetes insulin pumps and CGM
• Knowledge and skills to support learning and education for patients and practitioners
• Experience of audit and evaluation
• Able to work autonomously and make independent decisions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Effective verbal and written skills
• IT and systems management skills
• Valid full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

Values and proud behaviours

• Patients first - provide a clinically based high quality patient centred service
• Respectful- maintain a professional manner, respecting and valuing individuals
• Ownership- Keen to learn and develop self and others. Seeking ways to improve the service and care delivery
• Unity - works well within a Multi disciplinary team. Able to communicate and work across organisational boundaries
• Delivery - Deliver service targets and milestones. Active participation in audit and research

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust