This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join Modality East Surrey Medical Practice and help shape the continuing development of specialist diabetes care within primary and community care. We support approximately 45,000 to 46,000 patients across our sites in Horley, Smallfield and Townhill in Caterham. You will join an established multidisciplinary team and work closely with GPs, nurses, healthcare practitioners, clinical pharmacists, healthcare assistants, community services and Consultant Endocrinologists. Our existing Diabetes Specialist Nurse is moving on to pursue a different venture, creating an opportunity for someone new to build on the strong foundations already established while bringing their own expertise and ideas to the service. The role combines autonomous specialist practice with clinical leadership, education and service improvement. You will support adults with Type 1, Type 2 and complex diabetes, including patients requiring treatment intensification, insulin management, diabetes technology or coordinated multidisciplinary care. Previous general-practice experience would be advantageous but is not essential. We welcome applications from experienced diabetes nurses working in community, integrated or secondary-care diabetes services. Appropriate induction, supervision and development will be provided to support a successful transition into primary care., The Diabetes Specialist Nurse will manage an appropriate specialist caseload and provide expert assessment, treatment, care planning and follow-up for patients whose needs extend beyond routine long-term-condition review.,
- Assess and manage adults with Type 1, Type 2 and complex diabetes within your professional competence and agreed clinical pathways.
- Develop clear, personalised and evidence-based management plans, with appropriate monitoring, follow-up, safety-netting and escalation.
- Initiate, optimise and monitor diabetes treatments within your competence and prescribing arrangements.
- Support insulin initiation, dose adjustment and complex insulin management.
- Review and support the appropriate use of contemporary diabetes treatments, including GLP-1-based therapies and SGLT-2 inhibitors.
- Interpret capillary glucose profiles, flash glucose monitoring and Continuous Glucose Monitoring data.
- Run or contribute to specialist clinics involving CGM, complex insulin management and diabetic-foot assessment.
- Support patients using insulin-pump therapy within demonstrated competence and agreed shared-care pathways.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia, sick-day risks and potential diabetic emergencies.
Modality East Surrey Medical Practice is an award-winning training practice committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate and accessible care.
We are part of Modality Partnership, one of the largest GP partnerships in the country. This gives our teams the relationships and community focus of local general practice alongside the professional networks, shared learning and development opportunities available through a larger organisation. We are proud of our multidisciplinary approach and our commitment to innovation, education and continuous improvement. Our clinical team includes GPs, nurses, healthcare practitioners, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, care coordinators and other primary care professionals, with established links to community and secondary-care services.
The wellbeing of our patients and staff is central to how we work. We want colleagues to feel valued, supported and able to speak openly, develop professionally and contribute ideas.
As an employee with us, you can benefit from:
- Enrolment in the NHS pension scheme
- Minimum 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
- Employee discounts and benefits scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Education and career development pathways
- Enhanced family-friendly policies
- Flexible working options
- Wellbeing support and initiatives
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