Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at a leading healthcare provider in Swindon. You will deliver high-quality diabetes care, educate healthcare professionals, and support patients in managing their condition. Join a dedicated team focused on improving community health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with diabetes.
• Experience in educating patients and Health Care professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice and specialist skills to healthcare professionals.
• Promote quality of life for individuals with diabetes.

Skills

Education

Communication

Leadership

Education

RGN

1st Degree Diabetes Nursing Qualification

Job description

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 22 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the established Diabetes Nursing team!

This role is a permanent position providing care for people within the community diabetes service. The role will be based within the Community but working across an integrated nursing service using experience and specialised knowledge to provide education and advice, initiation and adjustment to treatment plans.

If interested, we would love to hear from you today!

Main duties of the job

The community diabetes specialist nurse will assist in the delivery of a specialist clinical diabetes service with an aim to provide high quality diabetes care within Swindon in line with the direction of the service and Trust objectives.

They will also help to deliver high quality education to practice nurses and GPs to improve diabetes care within the primary care setting.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

The Diabetes Specialist Nurse will be a clinical specialist, providing clinical advice, specialist skills, knowledge and expertise to health care professionals and people with diabetes and their family / carers.

The Diabetes Specialist Nurse will be committed to promoting a greater quality of life, short and long term, for the individual with diabetes and their family.

Please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• RGN
• 1st Degree Diabetes Nursing Qualification or equivalent
• Knowledge of research, Portfolio reflects a career long learning experience
• Nurse prescriber

Experience

• Experience working with people with diabetes
• Experience in educating patients and Health Care professionals
• Experience of service development
• Experience running nurse led clinics
• Experience of working in a community setting

Knowledge

• Ability to implement change
• Ability to develop services
• Wide Knowledge of developments within the diabetes field
• Ability to support other professional staff in developing skills
• Experience of multi-agency working
• Experience of working within a primary care setting and commissioning issues relating to diabetes
• Experience of teaching structured education

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.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust