Diabetes Specialist Nurse

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- Salisbury

£39,959 - £48,117 FTE with Afc terms and conditions and NHS Pension

Weekly contracted hours:

37.5

Location:

Salisbury

Closing Date:

08/10/2026

Job Category:

HCRG
- Nursing and Midwifery Registered

Service type:

Business Unit:

HCRG - BSW
- Specialist

Supporting High-Quality Diabetes Care Across the Community

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse with a passion for diabetes care to join our community-based specialist team. The role focuses on delivering expert assessment, treatment, education, and support to patients with diabetes, their families, and carers.

The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team while exercising a high degree of professional autonomy in the management of patients with diabetes. They will contribute to the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care, support service improvement activities, and work collaboratively with colleagues across Wiltshire to ensure consistently high standards of practice in line with local and national guidance.

Location: Amesbury Health Centre

Hours:37.5 hours per weeK

As a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, you will be part of our valued team in our Diabetes Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover Life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to share help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission

• Deliver specialist diabetes nursing care to patients across community and primary care settings.
• Undertake complex clinical assessments, identifying physical, psychological, social, and cultural factors that may impact care.
• Initiate, review, and evaluate diabetes treatment plans in accordance with local and national guidance.
• Work autonomously while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Provide specialist advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and healthcare colleagues.
• Contribute to clinical governance, service development, audit, and quality improvement activities.
• Support the development of standards, protocols, and safe clinical practice across the service.
• Maintain high-quality clinical documentation and participate in team and professional network meetings.

• First Level Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of post-registration development in diabetes nursing.
• Significant post-registration experience within the speciality of diabetes.
• Experience supporting patients with diabetes in acute, community, or primary care settings.

• Current knowledge…