Diabetes Specialist Nurse

NHS

  • Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  • £38,682-46,580 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 hours ago
We have an exciting opportunity for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team at Shropshire Community Health Trust. The purpose of the role is to be part of providing a delivery of a comprehensive, skilled and evidence based Diabetes Service to meet the needs of people with diabetes.The role will provide 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 are received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.Main duties of the job
  • To assess, plan and implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with diabetes.
  • 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.
About usShropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.DetailsDate posted02 September 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Flexible workingReference number825-7069077-OPS-AJob locationsMount McKinley, Shrewsbury Business ParkAnchorage AvenueShrewsburySY2 6FGJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • Registered Nurse/RGN
  • Evidence of gaining post registration CPD or experience in diabetes nursing.
  • Developed specialist knowledge through working with patients with chronic conditions including diabetes.
  • First Level Degree or equivalent.
ExperienceEssential
  • Post registration experience.
  • Evidence of nursing people with diabetes in an acute or community care setting.
  • Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients.
KnowledgeEssential
  • Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to patients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand.
  • Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients.
  • IT skills and willingness to advance.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • Registered Nurse/RGN
  • Evidence of gaining post registration CPD or experience in diabetes nursing.
  • Developed specialist knowledge through working with patients with chronic conditions including diabetes.
  • First Level Degree or equivalent.
ExperienceEssential
  • Post registration experience.
  • Evidence of nursing people with diabetes in an acute or community care setting.
  • Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients.
KnowledgeEssential
  • Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to patients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand.
  • Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients.
  • IT skills and willingness to advance.

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