Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specilait - Diabetes


Location
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00
Profession
Nurse (adult and children)
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
01 Nov 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
20 Oct 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

21 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

  • Experience

    *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality

  • Experience

    *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level

  • Experience

    *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence

  • Experience

    *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality

  • Experience

    *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting

  • Experience

    *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

  • Experience

    *Experience of patient service user advocacy role

  • Experience

    *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff

  • Experience

    *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality

  • Experience

    *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding

  • Experience

    *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

  • Qualifications

    *Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role )

  • Qualifications

    *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in ( appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7

  • Qualifications

    *Recognised mentorship course

  • Additional Criteria

    *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances

  • Additional Criteria

    *Positive and enthusiastic attitude

  • Additional Criteria

    *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others

  • Additional Criteria

    Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development

  • Additional Criteria

    *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required

  • Additional Criteria

    *Ability to act on own initiative

Desirable

6 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator

  • Experience

    *Experience in service development

  • Experience

    *Awareness of current research related to the speciality

  • Qualifications

    *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification

  • Qualifications

    *To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role

  • Qualifications

    *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role

Job summary

Are you an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse?

Do you have experience in diabetes care or are you looking for a new

challenge and would like the opportunity to work within this specialist service

within acute care?

We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious CNS in Diabetes to join our team.

This role will provide opportunites to work in a busy outpatient setting as well as supporting the MDT in-patient diabetes team.

As a team we will support your own learning and development and provide opprtunites for you to devlop skills within this diverse specilaity.

Main duties of the job

You will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to

care of people with diabetes; providing education and training to patients,

carers and families in a variety of settings.

You will be supported to work autonomously and become an independent

prescriber if you are not already.

You will be involved in working closely with the multi-disciplinary care team

acting as a specialist in this field to colleagues and other health care

professionals.

If you think you have what it takes to join a forward thinking, innovative team

committed to the delivery of high quality care then we want to hear from you.

To be shortlisted applicants will need to detail in their supporting information

how they can demonstrate the essential requirements of the experience and

skills section of the person specification.

The post holder will be expected to work Monday-Friday and weekends on a

roster basis.

For further information, to arrange a visit, telephone Rebecca Skelding, Lead CNS Diabetes

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

  • Date posted: 20 October 2026
  • Pay scheme: Agenda for change
  • Band: Band 7
  • Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
  • Reference number: 304-1100311-1
  • Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

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