Diabetes Specialist Nurse

North East London Foundation Trust

Diabetes Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 15 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our existing team, providing Adult Diabetes Services across the Havering area for three days per week.

Our Integrated service model encompasses a multidisciplinary approach to Diabetes Care in the community setting, allowing shared responsibility for the person with diabetes. The service aims to maximise the opportunity for preventing complications of diabetes through an effective empowerment and partnership approach, focusing on individual care planning, support for professional and patient education.

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would be expected to work within a team of skilled diabetes specialist nurses and to deliver a high standard of evidence based clinical care to patients and their carers, and to work as part of the Integrated Diabetes Service, within the community setting. The successful candidate must be confident to deliver education sessions to both patients and healthcare professionals.

The successful candidate will require excellent communication skills and will need to be confident to work alone and within a multidisciplinary team. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who will contribute to the developments of our multi-disciplinary specialist community service and who has a commitment to continued personal development and is able to travel efficiently across the area of Havering, including to patients in their own homes.

About us

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

Job responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please note that the job description and person specification can be found on our website.

Person Specification Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• Registered Nurse
• First Degree or equivalent experience
• Non-Medical Prescribing or working towards

Experience

• Minimum 3 years post registration.
• Working as member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of mentoring & supervising staff
• Experience of post registration experience working in a community setting, particularly with diabetes patients

Knowledge

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Up to date knowledge of all aspects of diabetes care & Nursing care.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary and inter-professional practice
• Clinical knowledge & experience of Diabetes Medication, Action and application of these medications

Skills

• Proficient in IT skills including MS office applications, Virtual platforms & Electronic Patient records
• Has excellent interpersonal skills (including negotiation)
• Is able to demonstrate an understanding and empathy relating to the condition of diabetes and the challenges facing the diabetic client
• Can demonstrate using teaching / educational skills in their daily practice - in formal and informal settings
• Ability to plan, organise and work under pressure

The salary for this role is £47,810 to £54,710 a year plus HCAS per annum (pro rata).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.