Enhanced Practitioner - Diabetes

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Enhanced Practitioner with a specialism in Diabetes to join our team.

Our enhanced practice professionals use clinical decision-making within their scope of practice; participate in decision making amongst the wider MDT; and contribute specific knowledge of their area of practice (Diabetes). The Enhanced level of practice includes freedom to act with autonomous practice within the professional scope of the specialism.

The post holder will have highly developed specialist skills and advanced knowledge in diabetic care. They will have significant clinical experience in their area of practice.

As an autonomous practitioner they will undertake independent consultations with patients attending with specific symptoms within the post holders specialist scope of practice. They will assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, treat and follow up patients within their scope of practice.

To provide a specialist and advanced professional contribution to the clinical management of patients attending within their specialist area (diabetes).

Use a combination of skills, knowledge, values and self-esteem to manage change and move beyond competency, moving from experienced to expert in area of specialism.

Practice with autonomy and accountability.

To assess selected patients taking a full comprehensible history, carrying out comprehensive clinical examinations, making diagnosis and provide treatment where necessary.

To be responsible for the follow up of the patients under their care.

Adhere to the NMC, HCPC professional body Code:
Standards of Conduct, Performance and ethics for nurses / professional body at all times.

To undertake assessments for clinical risk within the service and ensure all staff are aware of responsibilities and related policies.

To participate in the identification, development, implementation and dissemination of local clinical protocols, policies, procedures, guidelines relating to individualised specialist service; which includes their management ensuring clinical governance is maintained.

NCPC (North Cumbria Primary Care) was established in August 2019 in response to an increasingly fragile general practice provision within North Cumbria. NCPCs vision is to bring practices together to develop a sustainable, fully integrated primary care- built locally and delivered together.

The Copeland NCPC area consists of 3 major practices, Fellview Health Care, Lowther Medical Centre and Seascale Health Centre as well as a shared PCN (Primary Care Network) which delivers services to patients across all 3 practices.

We are a not-for-profit company with all money we receive in funding and other business activities going towards supporting the organisation, our staff, and our services.

Date posted: 20 August 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: £46,315.88 to £50,586 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Reference number: A0658-EP-VA437-PCN

Job locations: 1 Castle Meadows, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7RG
, United Kingdom

• To provide a specialist and advanced professional contribution to the clinical management of patients attending within their specialist area (diabetes).
• Use a combination of skills, knowledge, values and self-esteem to manage change and move beyond competency, moving from experienced to expert in area of specialism.
• Practice with autonomy and accountability.
• To assess selected patients taking a full comprehensible history, carrying out comprehensive clinical examinations, making diagnosis and provide treatment where necessary.
• To be responsible for the follow up of the patients under their care.
• Adhere to the NMC, HCPC professional…