Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job Overview

Diabetes Specialist Nurse (Band 7)

A secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join the Diabetes Team at Wexham Park Hospital on a full-time basis.

The successful candidate will provide specialist diabetes care for adult inpatients and support ongoing follow-up within outpatient and community clinics. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will coordinate treatment plans, deliver evidence-based care, and provide education and support to patients and their families to promote effective self-management of diabetes.

The role includes supporting complex diabetes management across the hospital, ensuring continuity of care from admission through to discharge and community follow-on services. The post holder will also contribute to maintaining and improving professional standards of diabetes care in line with local and national guidance.

As a specialist practitioner, the Diabetes Specialist Nurse will act as a key resource for medical, nursing, and allied health professionals, providing expert advice, education, and clinical support across the Trust. The role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to service development and enhance patient outcomes within a busy acute hospital setting.



Main duties of the job

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team providing a high-quality specialist diabetes nursing service for adults with diabetes across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The post holder will deliver expert clinical care, education, and support to patients and their families, promoting effective self-management and continuity of care following hospital discharge.

The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised care and treatment plans for patients with diabetes, including those with complex needs. The successful candidate will support diabetes management within the hospital environment and provide follow-up care within outpatient and community clinics.

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing professional standards of diabetes care in line with local and national guidelines, contributing to service development, clinical audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

Acting as a specialist diabetes resource, the Diabetes Specialist Nurse will provide expert advice, guidance, and education to medical staff, nursing teams, and allied health professionals across the Trust, supporting best practice and improving patient outcomes.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current NMC registration
• To have a recognised diabetes course
• Nurse prescribing course (NMP)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Possess a relevant Nursing Degree or be willing to work towards one
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous post registration NHS experience in a diabetes environment
• Teaching and supervising of junior staff and students
• Working with IT systems e.g., patient centre
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of audit/research Publication
  
  

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult/stressful situations effectively
• The ability to work independently to an approved protocol whilst acknowledging limitations and liaising with to Senior DSN or Diabetologist where appropriate.
• Supervising and teaching fellow colleagues and students
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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