Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Main area Diabetes Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered) Job ref 083-7112087-MC

Employer Sirona care & health CIC Employer type NHS Site John Milton Clinic Henbury Bristol or Castlewood Clevedon North Somerset Town Bristol Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/04/2025 23:59

Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team to support a complex caseload of all types of diabetes as well as offering advice, guidance and support to primary and community care via virtual clinics, education and advice and guidance.

We work closely with other health providers such as Primary Care, Acute Hospitals, and Ambulance service.

We have a strong focus on collaborative working to enable knowledge and skill development.

The role includes the delivery of education sessions to health care professionals and the delivery of structured patient education across BNSSG for type 1 and 2 diabetes.

We are looking for someone who has a passion to improve Diabetes health outcomes across BNSSG. Alongside the clinical aspect of this post, you will have the opportunity to participate in audit, research, pathway and policy development, and staff training.

You will demonstrate good leadership and team working skills with a practical, forward-thinking approach to service delivery and improvement.

You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

The service is committed to CPD with good clinical supervision models and in-house CPD in place to support you, including regular team MDT sessions.

There will be an expectation of working across BNSSG to meet service delivery.

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 specialty 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person specification

Experience

• Advanced Clinical skills and 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.
• Exceptionally efficient, with excellent prioritisation, time management and organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly and on a number of projects at one time to tight deadlines and at times under pressure.
• In-depth experience of managing staff (of own and other professions) including providing feedback and assessment, developing skills and competencies and delegating work as appropriate.
• Ability to travel throughout service delivery geographical area.
• Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to improve care for people with long term conditions.
• Master’s level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
• Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience.
• PADRAP/PACR.

Qualifications

• 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.