Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

This role is for 37.5 hours per week providing support across Health and Beyond sites but will be based predominantly in Birmingham

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective care to Health and Beyonds Diabetic/Pre-Diabetic patients across the organisation.

You will work closely with the Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse and the Diabetes Specialist Nurse along with the Diabetes team to manage our patients living with Diabetes across all sites, in their own homes and also patients living with Diabetes in our Care Homes, working alongside our management, clinical and admin teams with a view to improving our patients health outcomes.

You will be able to work autonomously providing assessment, screening and education to Diabetic patients running specific clinic sessions and maintaining robust call and recall systems.

Main duties of the job

Job Responsibilities:

Clinical Nursing Practice

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high-quality care.
• Carry out annual review of patients with Diabetes including medication review and improve access for this cohort to physical health interventions.
• Work with the MDT to support and advise the practice team in triage, assessment and treatment of patients needing support with their Diabetes
• Carries out clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

• Perform specialist assessment of Diabetic patient needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved.

• Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice.
• Manage Diabetic patients care, including drug and non-drug-based treatment methods, and formulate this into a management plan.

About us

Our vision is to develop a partnership between patients and our clinicians that allow us together to deliver high quality health and social care services, and meet the needs of the population of Wolverhampton and beyond.

As Health and Beyond we are committed to working together to ensure our communities receive the best evidence based care possible, and will strive to ensure that patients views are heard and that their journey through Health and Beyond health system is seamless through integration and strong partnership working with our stakeholders.

Delivering excellence in innovation that benefits patients, employees and commissioners with strong inter-professional programs and bespoke care.

Including South East Primary Care Network which is within our geographical area.

Location: Grove Medical Centre, Wolverhampton; The Acocks Green Medical Centre, Birmingham

Salary: Depending on experience Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Closing date: 29 October 2026

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse at level 1
• Post-registration diabetes-related course at level 3
• Postgraduate qualification

Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy

Experience

• Previous experience as a Diabetic Nurse Specialist
• Independent Nurse Prescriber
• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment

Desirable

• Degree / Masters in diabetes
• Initiation of insulin and management
• GLP1 initiation

Employer contact: HR Assistant, Taran Mann,

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.