Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

4/2/2025

We are looking for a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team to support a complex caseload of all types of diabetes as well as offering advice, guidance and support to primary and community care via virtual clinics, education and advice and guidance

We work closely with other health providers such as Primary Care, Acute Hospitals, Ambulance service.

We have a strong focus on collaborative working to enable knowledge and skill development.

The role includes the delivery of education sessions to health care professionals and the delivery of structured patient education across BNSSG for type 1 and 2 diabetes

We are looking for someone who has a passion to improve Diabetes health outcomes across BNSSG. Alongside the clinical aspect of this post, you will have the opportunity to participate in audit, research, pathway and policy development, staff training.

You will demonstrate good leadership and team working skills with a practical, forward thinking approach to service delivery and improvement.

You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

The service is committed to CPD with good clinical supervision models and in house CPD in place to support you, including regular team MDT sessions.

There will be an expectation of working across BNSSG to meet service delivery.

The post holder will deliver high quality care within the diabetes pathway and provide expert clinical practice, advice to patients and support to staff. This is delivered in a range of community and primary care settings.

This will include providing clinical expertise, underpinned by the advanced skills within their speciality developed in Clinical Practice, Facilitating Learning, Leadership, and Evidence, Research and Development

Taking a key role in the development and delivery of the Diabetes and Nutrition Service (DANS):

• Through an Expert Clinical Diabetes role in conjunction with the Clinical and Operational Leads within the service
• Working collaboratively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and key stakeholders to establish a whole systems approach in order to deliver improvements in healthcare for people with diabetes
• To develop and deliver Health Care Professional training and Structured Diabetes Education to people with diabetes
  
  

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kiszy Locke Job title: Diabetes Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07768926549