Job overview
Delivery of a comprehensive, skilled, and evidence-based Diabetes service to meet the needs of the population. Providing leadership skills, management, and development within the diabetes team. Maintain a clinical caseload within your specialist field. Continuing responsibility for assessment of health needs and development and evaluation of standards of care.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
To assess, plan and implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with complex needs for their Diabetes management. The post holder is required to provide expert clinical care for patients and to support other staff to develop their competencies in diabetes management. The post holder will be involved in teaching and training both formally to clinical staff and to patients. The post holder will be required to work collaboratively across primary and community care, and link to other specialists within the acute setting to implement the integrated care pathway for people with diabetes. The post holder will lead on audit, Service Development and Quality improvement work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet travel requirements of the post
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Diabetes nursing experience
- Assessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs
- Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to clients & their carers in a sensitive e & supportive way at a level they can understand
- Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients
- Ability to take initiative, work autonomously, make decisions and prioritise workload
- Advanced training & utilisation skills in therapeutic/diagnosis procedures & equipment relevant to diabetes
- Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding practice, policy an guidance including statutory frameworks
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to use counselling skills
Training and Qualifacations
Essential
- Registered General Nurse
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Highly developed specialist knowledge achieved through First Level Degree or equivalent portfolio of evidence
- Recognised Diabetes Qualification
- Evidence of continual professional development and education
- Teaching Certificate or equivalent
- Willingness to undertake Masters level study/qualification
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This advert is for Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse with Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust in Shrewsbury, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum / Pro Rata. The contract type is Permanent: Monday to Friday 08.30-16.30. The application deadline is 21 Jul 2026.
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