Clinical Nurse Specialist- Diabetes(including Endocrinology service)

Clinical Nurse Specialist- Diabetes(including Endocrinology service)

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Diabetes (including Endocrinology service) Specialist Nurse to deliver expert, evidence-based care across our Integrated Diabetes services. You will provide leadership, manage a caseload of complex patients, and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated care pathways are implemented effectively.

To work independently whilst supporting the team in the management of clinical caseload within your specialist field. Continuing responsibility for assessment of health needs and development and evaluation of standards of care.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

Clinical Care & Support

• Provide expert assessment, advice, and treatment for people with diabetes and endocrine conditions across hospital, community, and outpatient settings.
• Manage your own patient caseload, delivering individualized care plans that promote optimal health outcomes.
• Offer ongoing education and support to patients and families to enhance self-management and quality of life.

Education & Training

• Teach and train patients, carers, and healthcare staff, fostering confidence in managing complex conditions.
• Develop educational resources and programs tailored to different learning needs and clinical settings.

Collaboration & Integrated Care

• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams including doctors, dietitians, and pharmacists to ensure coordinated, holistic care.
• Act as a key point of contact for complex cases, ensuring effective communication and continuity of care.

Service Development & Quality Improvement

• Contribute to service development initiatives to enhance care delivery and patient experience.
• Conduct audits, collect data, and apply research findings to improve standards and clinical outcomes.

Leadership & Professional Development

• Support team growth by sharing expertise, mentoring colleagues, and promoting best practices.
• Take an active role in clinical governance, policy development, and innovation in care pathways.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

To possess excellent communication skills to facilitate the collaboration between all professionals in the complete care and management of all patients within their speciality.

Work in partnership with GP surgeries and Consultants and extended members of the multidisciplinary team, within the Trust and community in order to provide a coherent patient-centred service.

To ensure effective communication networks are established and maintained with all disciplines, patients and relatives/carers, to include Community Health Care Teams.

To communicate highly sensitive information, opens barriers to information. Demonstrates sensitivity, empathy and reassurance.

To provide advice, support and education to both inpatients and outpatients who may use the service, to include the development and regular reviews of relevant written patient and carer information.

To access effective clinical supervision to allow personal reflection on own practice and self-development both personally and professionally.

To be an active member of the Lead Nurse Group and other relevant external specialist groups.

Develop links within the Trust and outside agencies to organise and implement practical instruction for HCAs, Pre-Registration and Post-Registration nursing staff and Medical staff both in a theoretical and a clinical setting.

Support and assist other specialties within the Trust with relevant clinical issues and those of service development.

Act as a resource for specialist knowledge and skills related to care and for the development of research-based practice.

Represent their speciality clinically, both internally within the Trust, and externally.

Act as a representative of the Trust at local/national educational meetings

Promote and undertake, where appropriate, nursing research and to publish the outcome in order to update own knowledge and promote excellence in clinical practice.

Be aware of and participate as necessary in clinical research trials for patients, liaising with relevant Healthcare professionals.

Utilise research findings, where applicable, in the delivery of specialist patient care, disseminating relevant information to colleagues.

Person Specification Qualification and Training

• Registered Nurse with NMC
• 1st Level Degree or equivalent
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• DESMOND Educator or willingness to undertake training
• Independent Nurse Prescriber or willingness to work towards
• Experience in working with District Nursing team

Experience

• Experience of working with multidisciplinary team
• Clinical experience in diabetes
• Experience of liaising with external agencies
• Ability to work autonomously
• Good time management and prioritisation skills
• Previous experience in the speciality
• Initiated or being involved in relevant research

Knowledge

• Well developed interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Knowledge and understanding of the relevant NICE guidance
• Evidence of continuing professional development of self and other healthcare professionals
• Organisational skills
• Knowledge of research and audit
• Ability to use diabetes clinical information system, I-Care, Connect care, RIO, EMIS, or willingness to undertake training
• Advanced training skills in therapeutic / diagnostic procedures relevant to diabetes

Experience

• 1year experience of working as a community diabetes specialist nurse
• Experience in diabetes health promotion in the community

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum plus HCA