# Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-diabetes-nurse-specialist/d4caaa8a-a3cd-4873-97ca-ddac24d62989 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-diabetes-nurse-specialist/d4caaa8a-a3cd-4873-97ca-ddac24d62989.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Emergency/Out of Hours Dental Services - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55524.00 to £62652.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-09T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-27T15:16:56.038Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8374214 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374214?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist (Band 7) to join our multidisciplinary Diabetes Service. Working autonomously, you will provide specialist diabetes care for patients with complex needs, including referral triage, clinical assessment, treatment optimisation, and home visits for housebound patients. You will work closely with primary care, acute services, and community teams to improve patient outcomes and promote evidence based practice. The role also involves providing education and support to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, whilst contributing to service development and supporting colleagues within the team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Diabetes Nurse looking to develop their specialist practice within a supportive and progressive service. Independent Nurse Prescribing is desirable but not essential. ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist diabetes care to patients with complex or poorly controlled diabetes across community and primary care settings. - Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised care plans to improve diabetes management and patient outcomes. - Initiate, monitor and adjust diabetes treatments, including insulin and GLP-1 therapies, in line with national guidelines. - Educate and empower patients, families and carers to manage diabetes effectively and prevent complications. - Work collaboratively with GPs, practice nurses and multidisciplinary teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality care. - Provide specialist clinical advice, training and mentorship to healthcare professionals across primary, community and secondary care. - Support the delivery of structured diabetes education programmes, including DESMOND. - Lead and contribute to clinical audits, service evaluations and quality improvement initiatives to enhance diabetes services. - Develop and implement initiatives to improve diabetes management, promote health and reduce complications. - Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with evidence-based guidelines and Trust policies. - Contribute to health promotion, patient education and ongoing service development. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required. Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience - Previous extensive experience in Diabetes - Knowledge of relevant strategies for diabetes and nursing care - Working as member of a multi-disciplinary team - Experience of mentoring & supervising staff - Management of change - Working across organisational boundaries - Has initiated or been involved in research & audit - Experience of networking - Computer Skills **Desirable** - Experience of working in community setting - Experience of writing, working within & evaluating protocols ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Up to date knowledge of all aspects of diabetes care and broad experience of working within this speciality. - Knowledge of current developments in nursing & diabetes care - Understanding of multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice - Understanding of clinical supervision - Proven management & leadership skills - Demonstrates well developed verbal and written communication; Report writing skills - Is able to demonstrate an understanding and empathy relating to the condition of diabetes and the challenges facing the diabetic client - Can demonstrate using teaching / educational skills in their daily practice – in formal and informal settings - Ability to plan, organise and work under pressure ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the NMC - First Degree or equivalent experience - ENB 928 and 998 or equivalent level of knowledge - Masters or evidence of working towards - Evidence of CPD with particular relevance to diabetes - Non-Medical Prescribing or working towards **Desirable** - Recognised Management qualification - Community Nursing qualification ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702254) - [diabetes specialist nurse jd (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702252) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702253) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.