Practice Diabetes Nurse in Weymouth

We are looking for a practice diabetes nurse to join our friendly, supportive and progressive practice on a fixed term basis to cover maternity leave. The post will focus on providing diabetes care to our patients and up to 15 hours per week are available. The successful applicant will work as a key part of the clinical team and must have experience of working with patients with Diabetes.

Salary: Placement within this salary scale is negotiated based on skills and experience - £20.44-£24.61 per hour; £39,960 - £48,113 for 37.5 hours per week (pro rata) with the benefit of an NHS or NEST pension.

Hours: Up to 15 hours per week (with a minimum of 10 hours per week). Exact hours and working pattern can be negotiated.

Closing Date: 11 September 2026

Interview Date: 22 September 2026

Informal visits to the Practice are welcomed. If this is somewhere you feel you would like to work, please contact Rebecca Hawker, Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Please note that a Diploma in chronic disease, in particular diabetes is essential.

Main duties of the job:

• Long Term Conditions: With appropriate training, participate in the annual care needs of patients with known long-term conditions based on the quality outcome framework (QOF). This will include diabetes. Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.
• Quality Outcomes Framework: Support the practice to achieve the General Medical Services contract by ensuring that Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) prompts are addressed and documentation includes appropriate Read Codes.
• Integrated MDT working: Promote and participate in integrated multi-disciplinary team working whereby colleagues from health and social care communicate and work in collaboration. The post holder is expected to liaise and make appropriate referrals to the wider MDT and attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and events within the community which promote and facilitate integrated MDT working.
• Information Technology: Have a working knowledge of the SystmOne clinical system including chronic disease registers and templates. Maintain computerised patient records at the time of consultation. Review and process data using correct Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
• Health Promotion and Screening: Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition with appropriate screening and prevention strategies e.g. stopping smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, safe alcohol consumption.

Person Specification:

• Essential Knowledge and skills: Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions, aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service, knowledge of health promotion strategies, awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care, change-management skills, communication skills, both written and verbal, negotiation and conflict management skills, IT skills, effective organisational and time management skills.
• Desirable: Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area, knowledge of public health issues in the local area, awareness of local and national health policy, awareness of issues within the wider health economy, clinical skills general practice nurse duties.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Membership of a professional body, registered nurse (adult), Diploma in chronic disease in particular diabetes.
• Desirable: Specialist Practitioner qualification.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.