# Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse - Community

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Kingston Upon Thames
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pa incl HCAS (OUTER) pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week (Two days per week. One of the days must be a Thursday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-20T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T12:30:58.664Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Chessington/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Diabetes/Diabetes-v8045272
- **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality diabetes care across community settings. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in improving patient outcomes, promoting self-management, and reducing health inequalities for people living with diabetes.

The post holder will contribute to the Kingston Tier 3 Diabetes team by: -

- Delivering evidence-based practice for patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the community with Multidisciplinary Team clinics across the borough of Kingston.
- Working collaboratively with the Kingston Tier 3 Diabetes Multidisciplinary Team and others to meet the needs of patients and carers.
- Supporting and providing mentorship to other team members and Primary Care colleagues.

### Main duties of the job

- Deliver high-quality nursing care to patients with diabetes in community settings, under the guidance of senior clinicians.
- Undertake clinical assessments and contribute to the development and implementation of individualised care plans.
- Support the management of patients with Type 2 diabetes, including blood glucose monitoring and lifestyle advice.
- Assist with and, where trained, initiate and adjust diabetes treatments (including insulin) in line with agreed protocols and competency level.
- Provide structured and informal education to patients, carers, and families to support self-management.
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising with GPs, dietitians, podiatrists, and secondary care services.
- Offer advice and basic diabetes education to primary care staff and other community healthcare professionals.
- Recognise and escalate concerns relating to complex cases, deteriorating patients, or diabetes-related complications.
- Support hospital admission avoidance by monitoring patients in the community and identifying early signs of deterioration.
- Maintain accurate, timely clinical records in accordance with Trust policies and NMC standards.
- Participate in audit, service evaluation, and quality improvement activities.
- Contribute to health promotion initiatives, including diabetes prevention and early intervention strategies.
- Maintain and develop own clinical knowledge and competencies in diabetes care through ongoing professional development.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes medication
- Good understanding of diabetes

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant years of post registration experience

**Desirable**

- Experience of providing care to adults with diabetes in a clinical setting, including involvement in nurse-led management of long-term conditions.
- Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guidelines

### Skills / Abilities

**Essential**

- Demonstrate change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrate ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families

**Desirable**

- Clinical leadership skills
- Teaching and mentorship experience in a clinical setting

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered first level nurse

**Desirable**

- Mentor/teaching qualification

## Documents

- [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3006)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 333.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431776)

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