Diabetes Nurse Specialist Trainee: Sponsorship Available

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are looking for 2 experienced band 5/6 Nurse to join our Diabetes and Endocrine team, to provide excellent inpatient and outpatient diabetes care cross site.

One is permanent and the other a 10 month secondment.

The post holder will provide some existing clinical knowledge both in inpatient and outpatient care, and will join a dynamic team based at WMUH and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. This role is very much an educational and development post for the applicant.

The Diabetes Nurse Specialist provides expertise in all aspects of diabetes care provision. This would involve delivering excellent diabetes care to individuals and patient groups as a component of the patients’ care management, in collaboration with the wider multi-professional healthcare team, as well as being a provider of excellent nurse teaching and ward education.

Main duties of the job

Working as an integral member of the diabetes team across Chelsea & Westminster and West Middlesex University Hospital

Active supervised participation in nurse led/ multidisciplinary clinics which would include: Complicated cases, initiating and titrating new therapies (OHAs and insulin). Insulin pumps (working closely with our pump co-ordinator) as well as initiating pump therapy with support, Adolescent transition clinics (including pump clinic), Pre-conception care, Ante-natal care, CGMS clinics and routine follow up

Nurse led Virtual – email/ telephone clinics, including the safe logging of information in line with Trust guidelines

Providing skilled assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of specialist diabetes care within defined guidelines and protocols under supervision

Provide advanced diabetes specialist nursing care to patients who have diabetes throughout the Trust, as well as offering structured education to patients

Ordering, performing and interpreting relevant tests and investigations

Providing expert diabetes advice and guidance to nurses & other disciplines, and teaching on nurse induction and mandatory update programmes under supervision

Providing specialist training and education to own and other professions

Setting and monitoring standards of diabetes care and treatment

Participating in audit and research activity

Disseminating good practice

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • First level/NMC Registered Nurse
  • Extensive post registration experience at band 5
  • Teaching and Assessing Qualification
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to organise, plan and prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work under pressure

Desirable

  • Able to provide and demonstrate leadership skills
  • Experience in developing clinical standards, protocols and guidelines
  • Skills in service redesign

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 07 December 2025

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