Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Please note interviews are planned for 19/08/2026. If successfully called to interview, you will be required to deliver a presentation.

The diabetes team based at Kidderminster Hospital provide a wide variety of diabetes services mainly on an outpatient basis but they also support the inpatient and day case areas. You will be working as part of an autonomous team delivering diabetes care and support to people living with diabetes and their families. You will also support community services such as community nursing teams and GP practices to deliver diabetes care.

The team is part of a wider diabetes service in Worcestershire and as such the service works collaboratively. While there are consultant clinics on site, you will also hold a mixed caseload of those under Consultant care and those referred directly to the Diabetes Nursing Service so you need to have a broad range of skills and diabetes experience. Most importantly you must have enthusiasm and the desire to improve diabetes care and the lives of people living with this long term condition.

If you have experience of working with people who have diabetes and can demonstrate your commitment to diabetes care, we would love to hear from you. In return you will be supported to develop your skills and there will be opportunities for training and further development including the opportunity to undertake a non medical prescribing qualification.

This is a part time role working 2 days each week one of which will be Friday.

After a period of assimilation, you will be responsible for your caseload and be expected to manage your workload and clinic appointments. You will be assigned some GP practices that you are responsible for liaison with on a regular basis. You will support them with complex patients and treatment decision making. You will be supported to enhance your skills in order to be able to do this well.

Your senior Diabetes Specialist Nurses locally and county wide are also there to support your development in order for you to be able undertake this type of specialist review.

The service provides diabetes structured education for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. There will be an opportunity to observe and participate in the future education courses.

The service also supports diabetes in pregnancy, both pre-existing diabetes and those that develop gestational diabetes. you will have regular contact and review of these women.

The team work closely with the paediatric diabetes service to support transition into adult services. You will participate in the monitoring and support of these patients. Many of whom are using hybrid closed loop so you will be supported to be competent in reviewing and optimising people using this type of technology.

The team is always looking at improvement in service provision and your views ands ideas will help to shape the service for the future.