Clinical Nurse Specialist- Diabetes; Endocrinology service

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Diabetes (including Endocrinology service) Specialist Nurse to deliver expert, evidence-based care across our Integrated Diabetes services. You will provide leadership, manage a caseload of complex patients, and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated care pathways are implemented effectively. To work independently whilst supporting the team in the management of clinical caseload within your specialist field.

Continuing responsibility for assessment of health needs and development and evaluation of standards of care. Clinical Care & Support

• Provide expert assessment, advice, and treatment for people with diabetes and endocrine conditions across hospital, community, and outpatient settings.
• Manage your own patient caseload, delivering individualized care plans that promote optimal health outcomes.
• Offer ongoing education and support to patients and families to enhance self-management and quality of life.
• Teach and train patients, carers, and healthcare staff, fostering confidence in managing complex conditions.
• Develop educational resources and programs tailored to different learning needs and clinical settings.

• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams—including doctors, dietitians, and pharmacists—to ensure coordinated, holistic care.
• Act as a key point of contact for complex cases, ensuring effective communication and continuity of care.

• Contribute to service development initiatives to enhance care delivery and patient experience.
• Conduct audits, collect data, and apply research findings to improve standards and clinical outcomes.

• Support team growth by sharing expertise, mentoring colleagues, and promoting best practices.
• Take an active role in clinical governance, policy development, and innovation in care pathways.
• 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.

We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations.

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.