Job summary
- Main area
- Diabetes
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7069077-OPS-A
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mount McKinley, Shrewsbury Business Park
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team at Shropshire Community Health Trust. The purpose of the role is to be part of providing a delivery of a comprehensive, skilled and evidence based Diabetes Service to meet the needs of people with diabetes.
The role will provide leadership skills, management and development within the Diabetes Team. Maintain a clinical caseload within your specialist field. Continuing responsibility for assessment of health needs and development and evaluation of standards of care.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- To assess, plan and implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care for people with diabetes.
- The post holder is required to provide expert clinical care for patients and to support other staff to develop their competencies in diabetes management.
- The post holder will be involved in teaching and training both formally to clinical staff and to patients.
- The post holder will be required to work collaboratively across primary and community care, and link to other specialists within the acute setting to implement the integrated care pathway for people with diabetes.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/RGN
- Evidence of gaining post registration CPD or experience in diabetes nursing.
- Developed specialist knowledge through working with patients with chronic conditions including diabetes.
- First Level Degree or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience.
- Evidence of nursing people with diabetes in an acute or community care setting.
- Experience of provision of training/education to range of staff and patients.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills.
- Ability to communicate complex & distressing information to patients & their carers in a sensitive & supportive way at a level they can understand.
- Ability to manage complex caseload of high risk patients.
- IT skills and willingness to advance.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Morgan-Williams
- Job title
- Adult Diabetes Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 508886
- Additional information
or 01273 277693
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