Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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Site: Featherstone Road Clinic Town Southall

Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59

Interview date: 15/04/2025

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

Job Overview

We are looking for a band 7 registered nurse with a special interest in diabetes with drive, enthusiasm and vision.

As a Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering Diabetes Specialist Services to patients. You will also enable and educate GPs, Practice Nurses, and Community Health professionals in supporting their patients with diabetes in their usual care setting. The community diabetes service also provides structured education for people living with type diabetes.

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will be expected to ensure productive working relationships across acute, community, and social care.

The role will enable you to develop leadership experience as well as advanced clinical skills. You will be working in the London borough of Ealing in different locations and will also be required to do home visits.

Main Duties of the Job

The role focuses on evidence-based diabetes care, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and managing a caseload.

Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, leading clinics, home visits, clinical procedures (e.g., insulin adjustments), and supporting education strategies.

The aim is to upskill GPs and nurses, work across organizational barriers, and contribute to developing protocols for diabetes care.

Communication is vital, involving the exchange of complex information for collaborative outcomes.

The role includes mentoring students across medical disciplines, fostering their education, and ensuring high standards of care, all in line with NMC and Trust policies.

Working for Our Organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from the South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow, and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Part 1 (Adult) NMC Registered Nurse
• Recognised Diabetes course & mentoring qualification.
• Non-Medical Prescribing or working towards.
• Community Nursing qualification / experience

Experience

• Experience in Diabetes or related area in community setting.
• Demonstrate comprehensive and extensive community nursing skills.
• Working as a multidisciplinary team.
• Teaching in formal and informal settings.
• Experience of change management.
• Excellent organisational and clinical skills.
• Ability to organise and motivate junior staff.
• Ability to support and supervise staff.
• Proven clinical skills in undertaking assessment, developing, implementing, and evaluating care plans for people with diabetes.
• Knowledge of current developments in nursing & diabetes care.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice.
• Facilitation skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Understanding of Clinical Supervision.
• Demonstrate an understanding and empathy relating to the condition of diabetes and the challenges facing the diabetic patient.
• Knowledge of research and audit in practice.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage and prioritize own workload effectively.
• Experience of Quality Improvement.

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability in approach to work.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.

While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.

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.

Name: Adamma Okwu

Job title: Diabetes Matron / Independent Nurse Prescriber

Email address: a.okwu@nhs.net

At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage, and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families, and other professionals.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.