Diabetes Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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 is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team in Herefordshire. The role involves providing high-quality, individualised care to people with diabetes in both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting self-management, and delivering structured education. You will work autonomously and collaboratively, contributing to quality improvement and service development. The trust offers a supported Band 5-6 development pathway for nurses without previous specialist experience.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse NMC registration
- Completed/completing relevant degree
- Diabetes qualification: Post graduate diploma in diabetes related field or equivalent experience, or equivalent experience or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
- NMC Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Awareness of local and national policy and initiatives in diabetes care
- Confidence of intensifying diabetes treatment regimens to include advice on initiating and titrating insulin and GLP-1 medications as well as initiating and reviewing of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), or willing to learn
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of working within MDT
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Committed to personal and professional development
- Education & Qualifications
- Registered Nurse NMC registration
- Completed/completing relevant degree
- Diabetes qualification: Post graduate diploma in diabetes related field or equivalent experience, or equivalent experience or willing to work towards
- Teaching qualification
- NMC Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Awareness of local and national policy and initiatives in diabetes care
- Confidence of intensifying diabetes treatment regimens to include advice on initiating and titrating insulin and GLP-1 medications as well as initiating and reviewing of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), or willing to learn
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of working within MDT
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Committed to personal and professional development
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team in Herefordshire.
We welcome applications from nurses with experience in diabetes and those looking to develop their career in this specialty. For nurses without previous diabetes specialist experience, we offer a supported Band 5-6 development pathway, including a tailored induction, dedicated development time and support to achieve TREND-UK-aligned competencies, with progression to Band 6 as competencies are achieved.
This varied 30-hour role spans inpatient and outpatient settings, with opportunities to work in subspecialty diabetes clinics. You will provide individualised care, support self-management and shared decision-making, deliver structured education to patients and healthcare professionals, and contribute to preventing avoidable admissions.
You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, using evidence-based practice and contributing to quality improvement and service development.
We are looking for a nurse who is passionate about diabetes care, committed to professional development and keen to make a positive difference. Whether experienced or looking to develop in diabetes, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
Provide high-quality, holistic and indivi
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