Diabetic Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Diabetic Specialist Nurse within the Maternity Diabetes Specialist Service, providing care and management to pregnant women and their families. The post holder will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on insulin pump therapy for Type 1 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes. The aim is to prevent hospital admissions and improve the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies. The role requires a Registered First Level Nurse with current NMC Registration and specialist knowledge in Diabetes care.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Nursing diploma/ 1st degree or degree in related subject/Demonstrable experience
- Evidence of Continuing professional development and education
- Post graduate studies in Diabetes care and management
- Willingness to undertake Non-medical prescribing
- Insulin PUMP K
Desirable criteria
- Experience caring for women / people with diabetes or gestational diabetes
- Leadership/management qualification
- Accredited Diabetes module
- Experience in mentoring students and in being a sign off mentor
- Experience and participation in research and audit and dissemination of findings
- Participate in risk management and investigations
- Expertise and teaching in all areas of nursing care
- Influence policy setting
- Leadership experience
- Experience in Pump set and management
- Demonstrable experience in working with clients with diabetes and gestational diabetes
- Attendance at relevant Diabetes groups or networks
- Demonstrable leadership/managerial knowledge and ability
- Skills and knowledge
- Evidence of specialist diabetes clinical knowledge relevant to the post.
- Manage and resolve conflict.
- Participation in Selection and recruitment of staff
- Ability to support service users, families and carers in dealing with diabetes in pregnancy
- Act as a positive role model for all staff and students
- Support and encourage junior staff in professional growth and confidence
- Awareness of relevant NSF's and NICE guidance relating to Diabetes and gestational diabetes
- To foster harmonious working relationships within the multidisciplinary team
- Team player, Reliability and Integrity
- Caring compassionate attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Commitment to flexible working
- Leadership qualities
- Trust Values
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
- Education and Qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Nursing diploma/ 1st degree or degree in related subject/Demonstrable experience
- Evidence of Continuing professional development and education
- Post graduate studies in Diabetes care and management
- Willingness to undertake Non-medical prescribing
- Insulin PUMP K
- Experience caring for women / people with diabetes or gestational diabetes
- Leadership/management qualification
- Accredited Diabetes module
- Experience in mentoring students and in being a sign off mentor
- Experience and participation in research and audit and dissemination of findings
- Participate in risk management and investigations
- Expertise and teaching in all areas of nursing care
- Influence policy setting
- Leadership experience
- Experience in Pump set and management
- Demonstrable experience in working with clients with diabetes and gestational diabetes
- Attendance at relevant Diabetes groups or networks
- Demonstrable leadership/managerial knowledge and ability
- Skills and knowledge
- Evidence of specialist diabetes clinical knowledge relevant to the post.
- Manage and resolve conflict.
- Participation in Selection and recruitment of staff
- Ability to support service users, families and carers in dealing with diabetes in pregnancy
- Act as a positive role model for all staff and students
- Support and encourage junior staff in professional growth and confidence
- Awareness of relevant NSF's and NICE guidance relating to Diabetes and gestational diabetes
- To foster harmonious working relationships within the multidisciplinary team
- Team player, Reliability and Integrity
- Caring compassionate attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Commitment to flexible working
- Leadership qualities
- Trust Values
- Putting patients first
- Responsive to patients and staff
- Open and honest
- Unfailingly kind
- Determined to develop
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetic Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will be part of the Maternity Diabetes Specialist Service providing Diabetes Care and Management to pregnant women /people and their family.
This is a dynamic post that requires the post holder to work closely with multi-disciplinary team in addressing a range of care to women/people with Diabetes in pregnancy with special interest in Insulin Pump for Type 1 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving the health and wellbeing of women and their babies.
Main duties of the job
Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role of Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
Demonstrate at all times the Trust Values.
Be a Registered First Level Nurse with current NMC Registration and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge. They will be a specialist practitioner and have a focus in Diabetes care with good knowledge of technological advances in Diabetes.
Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust. (This role is based at West Middlesex Site , not cross site )
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts.
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