Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Diabetes
- Gradd
- Band 7
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (1-year fixed tern)
- Oriau
- Llawnamser
- Gweithio hyblyg
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 197-AJ-R-8608
- Cyflogwr
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- University Hospital Lewisham
- Tref
- Lewisham
- Cyflog
- £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum plus HCA pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 04/09/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Community Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Please refer to the Applicant Guide via this link for key information:- Applying to LGT Guide - Key Information for Applicants
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join the Lewisham and Greenwich District Nursing Team for a 1-year fixed-term position. We are seeking an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse who is committed to making a difference, highly motivated and has excellent communication skills.
You will be working closely with DN Team Leads, Diabetes Consultants, and Quality Improvement colleagues to deliver measurable reductions in DN insulin-related workload, improve service efficiency, and enhance patient experience. The post holder is responsible for monitoring outcomes, maintaining project data, and contributing to evaluation and sustainability planning.
The post includes providing clinical excellence and specialist nursing advice within the community. The holder will work across multiple sites within the community neighbourhood bases.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse is responsible for delivering a structured insulin optimisation programme to reduce the number of patients requiring District Nurse (DN)-administered insulin and improve overall glycaemic outcomes across the DN insulin caseload.
The role provides advanced diabetes expertise and collaborative working between the Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse (CDSN), District Nursing teams, and wider multidisciplinary team.
The post-holder leads the systematic review of patients receiving DN-administered insulin, identifies those suitable for optimisation, and implements evidence-based interventions to prevent over-medication of patients, improve glycaemic control, and promote safe patient self-management. This includes the use of technologies such as Freestyle Libre, medication optimisation, carer training, and structured patient education.
The role oversees case identification, ongoing glucose data review, and multidisciplinary case discussions. It ensures safe clinical decision-making, supports DN staff in developing enhanced diabetes skills, and strengthens triage and discharge processes to prevent unnecessary long-term DN involvement.
This role is central to transforming community diabetes care through collaborative working with other external agencies, improving patient independence, reducing hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia risk, and aligning DN practice with NHS community transformation priorities.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
All the following are to be carried out while working in close collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team led by a Consultant. To demonstrate clinical expertise within the speciality and work autonomously, managing own allocated clinics independently and seeking guidance/support when necessary.
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• Patient Identification & Clinical Triage: Systematic identification, triage, and prioritisation of DN insulin-dependent patients suitable for insulin optimisation. Including the completion of baseline data for all selected patients and timeliness and accuracy of patient categorisation.
• Insulin Regimen Optimisation & Clinical Intervention: Delivery of safe, evidence-based insulin simplification and medication optimisation. Reduce the frequency of insulin administration and support conversion to simplified once-daily regimens or change to oral anti-diabetes agents.
• Use of Diabetes Technology such as flash glucose monitoring or continuous glucose monitoring: Implementation and monitoring of CGM for data-driven optimisation. The post holder will successfully set up patients to use a remote monitoring device and connect it to the community project cloud. Remotely review Time in Range (TIR) data to reduce DN visits linked to monitoring blood glucose levels.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration & Clinical Governance: Effective coordination of multidisciplinary review processes and adherence to safe clinical governance.
• Patient & Carer Education / Self Management Enablement: Improving patient independence and carer capability to reduce reliance on the DN Service for insulin administration.
• Workforce Development & DN Team Upskilling: Strengthening DN team capability in diabetes care and triage. Improve DN triage accuracy for new insulin referrals and reduce inappropriate DN insulin referrals from hospital discharge.
• Service Efficiency & Caseload Reduction: Reduce DN insulin-related workload to improve service capacity.
• Data Management, Monitoring & Reporting: Accurate data collection, monitoring, and reporting of project outcomes. Delivery of final evaluation report at the end of the project.
• Quality Improvement & Sustainability: Embedding long-term improvements in DN insulin pathways and community diabetes care. Implementation of sustainable triage and optimisation processes and reduction in new inappropriate DN insulin referrals.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications and Training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered Nurse Level 1 register with NMC
- 1st Level Degree or equivalent
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Proficiency in use of Continous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Device
- Independent nurse prescriber
- Accredited qualification in insulin therapy
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Minimum three years post-registration experience
- Experience of working within the multidiciplinary team
- Clinical experience in diabetes
- Experience of liaising with other agencies
- Ability to work autonomously
- Good time management and prioritisation skills
Meini prawf dymunol
- Previous experience in the specialty
- Initiated or been involved in relevant research
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Well developed interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Effective decision making skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant NICE guidance
- Evidence of continued professional development of self and other health care professionals
- Time management skills
- Organisational skills
Meini prawf dymunol
- IT skills
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Ability to use Diabetes Clinical Information System, iCare, Connect Care or willingness to undertake training
- Advanced training skills in therapeutic/ diagnostic procedures relevant to diabetes
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Norma Dada
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Neighbourhood Nurse Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07353150924
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