Diabetes Specialist Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Agenda for Change

Career development

Wellbeing support

Job summary

HCRG Care Group are seeking an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our community-based diabetes service in Salisbury. The post focuses on expert assessment, education and support for patients and their families, with autonomous clinical practice within a multidisciplinary team.

The role offers 37.5 hours per week in Amesbury Health Centre, with AfC terms and an NHS Pension. Candidates should be committed to high-quality, patient-centered care and continuous service improvement.

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse.
• Post-registration development in diabetes nursing.
• Significant post-registration experience in diabetes.
• Experience supporting diabetes patients in various care settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist diabetes nursing care across community and primary care.
• Conduct complex clinical assessments considering physical, psychological, social, and cultural factors.
• Initiate, review, and evaluate diabetes treatment plans per guidance.
• Work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide specialist advice, education, and support to patients and carers.
• Support clinical governance, service development, audits and quality improvement.
• Help develop standards, protocols and safe practice across the service.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and participate in meetings.

Skills

Diabetes care

NICE guidance

Communication skills

Independent practice

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical governance

Education

NMC Nursing Registration

Job description

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£39,959 - £48,117 FTE with Afc terms and conditions and NHS Pension

Weekly contracted hours:

37.5

Location:

Salisbury

Closing Date:

06/11/2026

Job Category:

HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered

Service type:

Business Unit:

HCRG - BSW - Specialist

Job Introduction

Supporting High-Quality Diabetes Care Across the Community

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse with a passion for diabetes care to join our community-based specialist team. The role focuses on delivering expert assessment, treatment, education, and support to patients with diabetes, their families, and carers.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team while exercising a high degree of professional autonomy in the management of patients with diabetes. They will contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care, support service improvement activities, and work collaboratively with colleagues across Wiltshire to ensure consistently high standards of practice in line with local and national guidance.

Location: Amesbury Health Centre

Hours:37.5 hours per weeK

Package Description

As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Diabetes Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist diabetes nursing care to patients across community and primary care settings.
• Undertake complex clinical assessments, identifying physical, psychological, social, and cultural factors that may impact care.
• Initiate, review, and evaluate diabetes treatment plans in accordance with local and national guidance.
• Work autonomously while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Provide specialist advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and healthcare colleagues.
• Contribute to clinical governance, service development, audit, and quality improvement activities.
• Support the development of standards, protocols, and safe clinical practice across the service.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and participate in team and professional network meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

• First Level Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of post-registration development in diabetes nursing.
• Significant post-registration experience within the speciality of diabetes.
• Experience supporting patients with diabetes in acute, community, or primary care settings.

Knowledge and Skills

• Current knowledge of diabetes care, NICE guidance, and evidence-based practice.
• Understanding of relevant NHS legislation and policy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to interpret and analyse complex clinical information.
• Effective workload management and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work independently and use professional judgement.
• Degree or Diploma in a health‑related subject.
• Experience undertaking clinical audits.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience delivering education to healthcare professionals and patients.
• Experience developing protocols and supporting service improvement.

For full details of the role,responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached JobDescription.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone .

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Questions About The Role?

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Beth Kelly, Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse, on 07885 467293 or via email at [e-mail]. We would be happy to hear from you.