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Are you passionate about improving diabetes outcomes? We may have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are looking for a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team. You will manage a complex caseload covering all types of diabetes, while also supporting primary and community care through virtual clinics, education, and advice.
We work closely with a range of health partners, including Primary Care, Acute Hospitals and the Ambulance Service. Collaboration is central to what we do, helping to build skills and share knowledge across services.
You'll deliver education sessions to healthcare professionals and provide structured education for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. This position is fantastic for a confident communicator, who is able to build strong working relationships with a wide range of people.
Alongside clinical work, you will also contribute to audit, research, service development and staff training. You will bring strong leadership and teamwork skills, with a practical and forward-thinking approach.
We are committed to your development, with strong clinical supervision and in-house CPD, including regular MDT sessions.
This is a fixed term role at Band 6 or Band 7 level depending on the successful candidates skills and experience
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver high quality care within the diabetes pathway and provide expert clinical practice, advice to patients and support to staff. This is delivered in a range of community and primary care settings.This will include providing clinical expertise, underpinned by the advanced skills within their speciality developed in Clinical Practice, Facilitating Learning, Leadership, and Evidence, Research and Development
Taking a key role in the development and delivery of the Diabetes and Nutrition Service (DANS):
- Through an Expert Clinical Diabetes role in conjunction with the Clinical and Operational Leads within the service
- Working collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and key stakeholders to establish a whole systems approach in order to deliver improvements in healthcare for people with diabetes
- To develop and deliver Health Care Professional training and Structured Diabetes Education to people with diabetes
About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Details
- Date posted: 17 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
- Contract: Fixed term
- Duration: 12 months
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 083-8061670-SL
- Job locations: John Milton Clinic Henbury Bristol or Marine View Portishead North Somerset, Crow Lane, Bristol, BS10 7DP, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Salary Ranges
- Band 6: £39,959 - £42,170
- Band 7: £49,387 - £51,932
Important Information:
- Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
- If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Clinical experience of working with people with Diabetes
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments;
- Excellent time management skills
- Experience of managing staff (of own and other professions)
- Ability to use knowledge to solve clinical problems creatively and make judgements which require analysis and interpretation
- Ability to create, foster and build effective working relationships with all service users and stakeholders
Desirable
- Master's level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
- Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience
- PADRAP/PACR
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC / HCPC or other relevant professional body of registration
- Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L3 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications
- Independent prescribing
- Hold a UK Driving License and have access to a vehicle or transport during working hours.
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This advert is for Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse with Sirona care & health CIC in Bristol, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £56,515 a year. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 01 Jul 2026.
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