Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse - Band 6 or Band 7 in Bristol

Main area: Diabetes, Grade NHS AfC: Band 6, Contract 12 months (Fixed term). Hours: full time, part time, flexible working. 37.5 hours per week (part time hours considered).

Job overview: Are you passionate about improving diabetes outcomes? We are looking for a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team. You will manage a complex caseload covering all types of diabetes, while also supporting primary and community care through virtual clinics, education, and advice. We work closely with a range of health partners, including Primary Care, Acute Hospitals and the Ambulance Service. Collaboration is central to what we do, helping to build skills and share knowledge across services. You’ll deliver education sessions to healthcare professionals and provide structured education for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. This position is fantastic for a confident communicator, who is able to build strong working relationships with a wide range of people. Alongside clinical work, you will also contribute to audit, research, service development and staff training. You will bring strong leadership and teamwork skills, with a practical and forward‑thinking approach. We are committed to your development, with strong clinical supervision and in‑house CPD, including regular MDT sessions.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will deliver high quality care within the diabetes pathway and provide expert clinical practice, advice to patients and support to staff.
• This is delivered in a range of community and primary care settings.
• Taking a key role in the development and delivery of the Diabetes and Nutrition Service (DANS).
• Working collaboratively with other members of the multi‑disciplinary team and key stakeholders to establish a whole‑systems approach in order to deliver improvements in healthcare for people with diabetes.
• To develop and deliver Healthcare Professional training and Structured Diabetes Education to people with diabetes.

Working for our organisation: Sirona care & health is England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth. Join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. Benefits include a competitive NHS Agenda for Change salary, full benefits, 27+ days annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme. We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. Diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.

Experience:

• Clinical experience of working with people with diabetes.
• Able to demonstrate leadership skills, building effective working relationships with staff and management at all levels within the organisation and external environments.
• Experience of managing staff (own and other professions).
• Ability to use knowledge to solve clinical problems creatively and make judgements which require analysis and interpretation.
• Ability to create, foster and build effective working relationships with all service users and stakeholders.
• Master’s level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.
• Coaching, teaching and assessing qualification / experience.

Qualifications:

• Current registration with NMC/HCPC or other relevant professional body of registration.
• Successful completion of a relevant post‑graduate L3 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease‑specific qualifications.
• Independent prescribing.
• Hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle or transport during working hours.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.