Job overview

Join Our Specialist Endocrine Team at HHFT

Are you an experienced and motivated nurse with a passion for endocrinology? Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Endocrine Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band 7) to join our established Diabetes and Endocrine multidisciplinary team.

Based primarily at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred endocrine care across the Trust, with a requirement to provide cross-site support at Winchester and Andover.

About the Role

As an Endocrine Nurse Specialist, you will work as an autonomous practitioner and recognised clinical expert, managing a defined caseload of patients with a wide range of endocrine conditions, including complex cases.

You will:

• Deliver specialist endocrine care across outpatient, inpatient and virtual settings
• Run nurse-led clinics and contribute to dynamic endocrine testing
• Provide expert advice and support to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care programmes
• Request and interpret diagnostic investigations within scope of practice
• Act as a key link between primary, community, and secondary care services

This is a varied and rewarding role combining clinical expertise, service development, education, and leadership.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Autonomously manage and prioritise a specialist endocrine caseload
• Deliver nurse-led clinics, patient education, and telephone/virtual consultations
• Support diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of endocrine disorders
• Contribute to multidisciplinary working and decision-making
• Act as a clinical role model, supporting and mentoring junior staff and students
• Participate in service development, audit, and quality improvement initiativess
• Provide specialist education and training across the Trust and wider system
• Support development of care pathways and improve patient outcomes

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be Offered

We understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability.  If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017