Clinical Nurse Specialist– Diabetes; Endocrinology service

Clinical Nurse Specialist – Diabetes (Including Endocrinology Service)

Band 7, Contract Permanent.

Job reference: 197-AJ-R-8446

Site:
University Hospital Lewisham, Town Lewisham. Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum plus HCA pro rata. Closing date 26/07/2026 23:59.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Diabetes (including Endocrinology service) Specialist Nurse to deliver expert, evidence-based care across our Integrated Diabetes services.

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 to promote optimal health outcomes.
• Offer ongoing education and support to patients and families to enhance self‑management and quality of life.

Education & Training

• 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.

Collaboration & Integrated Care

• 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.

Service Development & Quality Improvement

• 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.

Leadership & Professional Development

• 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.

Our people are our greatest asset. We have four staff networks and an EDI team that support a culture of diversity.

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian and ethnic minorities backgrounds, who identify as LGBTQ+ and women.
• Widening access and employability.
• Improving the experience for staff with disability.
• Improving EDI literacy and confidence through training and development.
• Making equality mainstream.

• Coordinate specialty care within the Trust/CCG, including outreach clinics.
• Act as an essential member, point of contact and resource for the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers.
• Carry out diagnostic/therapeutic interventions as an independent practitioner, interpret or write reports.
• Perform complex therapeutic/investigational procedures under indirect supervision of the Consultant, ensuring safe practice.
• Demonstrate ability to develop new skills and provide a nurse‑led service.
• Provide ongoing follow‑up care and support (telephone support, nurse‑led clinics, outreach clinics).
• Develop the service in a structured interdisciplinary way, initiating ongoing change.
• Develop interdisciplinary clinical management protocols and work within them.
• Autonomously or in collaboration manage care of patients within agreed protocols.
• Provide a supportive service to patients and carers, sharing specialist knowledge.
• Provide and maintain a support and advisory service throughout the disease process.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation.
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care within acute and community settings.
• Control patient admission via direct referral with consultant guidance.
• Participate in the re‑formulation of the nursing aspects of the Divisional Business Plan.
• Investigate nursing aspects of incidents/complaints and initiate corrective action when required.

• Registered Nurse Level 1 register with NMC.
• 1st Level Degree or equivalent.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Diabetes specialist course.
• Accredited qualification in insulin therapy.

• Clinical experience in diabetes in a specialist role.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Previous experience in a…