Diabetes Specialist Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a permanent Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse position within a dynamic community diabetes service in the London Borough of Enfield. The role involves advanced clinical assessments, intervention, and support for patients with diabetes, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across primary and secondary care. The successful candidate will promote health and wellbeing, encourage self-management, and contribute to the coordination of care to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.
Essential criteria
- oRGN Adults (NMC)
- oFirst degree
- oFurther relevant training about Diabetes care
- oMentorship qualification
- oEvidence of Continued Professional Development
- oExperience of providing patient education in an individual or group setting
- oMinimum of 3years post nursing qualification.
- oProviding training and development to staff from a range of backgrounds and levels
- oAssessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs.
- oProving experience of working in clinics and knowledge of diabetes medication.
- oIT skills RIO including spread sheets and databases
- oAbility to work closely with MDT to promote best practice in the care of Diabetic patients.
- oAbility to work autonomously to deliver to tight deadlines
- oAbility to lead audit in the community as part of the wider clinical governance framework
- Education and Qualifications
- oRGN Adults (NMC)
- oFirst degree
- oFurther relevant training about Diabetes care
- oMentorship qualification
- oEvidence of Continued Professional Development
- oExperience of providing patient education in an individual or group setting
- oMinimum of 3years post nursing qualification.
- oProviding training and development to staff from a range of backgrounds and levels
- oAssessing and prescribing care plans for patients with complex needs.
- oProving experience of working in clinics and knowledge of diabetes medication.
- oIT skills RIO including spread sheets and databases
- oAbility to work closely with MDT to promote best practice in the care of Diabetic patients.
- oAbility to work autonomously to deliver to tight deadlines
- oAbility to lead audit in the community as part of the wider clinical governance framework
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
If you are looking for your next challenge to add to your portfolio, then look no further. Come and join our lovely award-winning team. We are looking for a Band 6 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our dynamic community diabetes service serving the London Borough of Enfield. This is a 37.5hrs permanent contract.
The successful candidate should have the ability to undertake advanced clinical assessments of patients with a diagnosis of diabetes providing appropriate clinical intervention, support, non-medical prescribing (desirable) , and advice to patients and carers.
This role provides nursing support within the community diabetes service, providing tier 3 intermediate service and supporting primary care (Tier 1 and 2) and allowing appropriate referrals into secondary care (Tier 4). This a community post but the successful candidate will very closely with the acute care, Diabetes service across West and North London ICB , Enfield GP Federation and all other key stakeholders.
The role will promote the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes enabling them to achieve optimum Glycaemic, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and other key parameters. The nurse role is key to encouraging compliance with medication through informed self-management and education
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