# Diabetes Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/diabetes-specialist-nurse/0902d021-39a5-466f-85a3-d9c15b2dde0d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/diabetes-specialist-nurse/0902d021-39a5-466f-85a3-d9c15b2dde0d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, - **Closing date:** 2026-08-11T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-28T12:40:28.286Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Norwich_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elsie_Bertram_Diabetes_Centre/Elsie_Bertram_Diabetes_Centre-v8188527 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8188527?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for both full-time and part-time registered nurses to join a team of dedicated Diabetes Specialist Nurses in the Elsie Bertram Diabetes Centre, working across our 3 teams within the trust. At the EBDC, we have a firmly established multi-professional approach to care delivery with both Consultant and Specialist Nurses delivering patient clinics. We also work closely with GP surgeries within our Facilitator team in the community. Our aim is to review and educate patients, families, and their carers in all aspects of their diabetes. We help support our patients making informed choices about their individual health care needs and self-management of their diabetes. ### Main duties of the job As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse/Facilitator, you will be involved in, following appropriate training, covering inpatient services, outpatient services and community clinics, including our specialist outreach clinics in antenatal and young adult services. A flexible approach will be welcomed and may involve some later clinic cover and weekends. As part of your role, you will help to provide patient education on an individual basis, as well as part of a group setting, initiate medication including insulin/GLP-1 therapy and latest technology used in diabetes care such as insulin pumps and CGM for people who need them. The post will involve ongoing review and support of our patients, their carers and/or family members with management of their diabetes in our specialist nurse-led and multidisciplinary clinics. You will also be providing education to staff members of the wider MDT within the Trust. There will also be opportunities for further development and the potential to undertake Non-Medical Nurse Prescribing. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture. - To provide ongoing advice, information and emotional support to clients with diabetes and their relatives and carers. - To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate educational needs and programmes for clients and their relatives/carers. - Initiate treatment for diabetes for those patients with poor glycaemic control under the guidance of the medical team, or nurse prescriber. - Give dose adjustment/titration advice for patients to be able to continue self-management, or to other prescribing healthcare staff. - Ensuring appropriate follow up for all diabetes patients. - Provide telephone support to patients/relatives/carers and other health care professionals including dose adjustment, sick day rules and hypo advice. - Initiate referrals to other health care professionals, e.g. podiatrist, dietician and community nursing teams. - Manage own caseload of patients. - Provide nurse-led clinics in specialist areas. - Provide expert opinion/advice to other healthcare professionals within the   Trust, either as part of individual patient review or wider Trust staff education Please see the attached job description for full details. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good communication and interpersonal skills **Desirable** - Teaching experience ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience at Band 5 - Some experience in a position relevant to the speciality ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC register ### Attitude, aptitude **Essential** - Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence - Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ## Documents - [useful links (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2809) - [staff benefits (pdf, 674.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=901) - [job description (pdf, 448.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10492778) - [our nnuh lgbt+ staff network (pdf, 675.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2367) - [our nnuh women's staff network (pdf, 103.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2473) - [our nnuh together staff network (pdf, 370.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2166) - [our nnuh diverse ability staff network (pdf, 607.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2424) ## 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.