Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The nurse will work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care, advise multidisciplinary teams, and manage a caseload of patients with diabetes. Responsibilities include providing holistic support, patient education, and ensuring high standards of patient care. The position is full-time and fixed-term for 18 months.
Essential criteria
- Diabetes course
- Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification
- Undergraduate degree/Diploma
- Registered nurse - Adult
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree or working towards
- Advanced assessment skills or willing to work towards
- Post Registration experience of nursing patients with diabetes
- Experience of mentoring and managing junior staff and students
- Experience of developing innovative practice and managing change.
- Experience of autonomous practice
- Experience of audit and research
- Skills and aptitudes
- Expert specialist skills and knowledge of managing patients with diabetes
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise, work deadlines and self motivated
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Be a positive role model with evidence on-going professional development
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- Commitment to high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Royal Free shared commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Education and professional qualifications
- Diabetes course
- Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification
- Undergraduate degree/Diploma
- Registered nurse - Adult
- Masters degree or working towards
- Advanced assessment skills or willing to work towards
- Post Registration experience of nursing patients with diabetes
- Experience of mentoring and managing junior staff and students
- Experience of developing innovative practice and managing change.
- Experience of autonomous practice
- Experience of audit and research
- Skills and aptitudes
- Expert specialist skills and knowledge of managing patients with diabetes
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise, work deadlines and self motivated
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Be a positive role model with evidence on-going professional development
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- Commitment to high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Royal Free shared commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 5d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
The Specialist Nurse will be required:
- To liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries.
- To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs ofthe patient group and based on principles that are research based and whichenhance the quality of patient care.
- To contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of carepathways for both outpatients and in- patients with Diabetes.
- To be responsible for the care of a case load of patients requiring specialist nursingcare within the outpatient MDT and Nurse led clinics under the supervision fromband 7/8a DSNs.
- Providing holistic & psychological support, advice and information to diabetespatients and their relatives and carers both face to face and using our diabeteshelpline service and online email.
- To support staff and patient education, have an understanding of insulin pump &CGM services. This will require excellent IT skills.
- To provide specialist support to the ward areas.
- To support the nursing team to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients.
- To ensure a positive focused service incorporating
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