Senior diabetes specialist nurse | Medway Community Healthcare CIC
| Posting date: | 09 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £54,710 per annum (band 6 or 7 will be offered dependant on experience) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 November 2025 |
| Location: | Gillingham, ME8 0PZ |
| Company: | Medway Community Healthcare CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7526699/813-234-1025-LB |
Summary
• Are you a registered nurse already working with people with diabetes?
• Do you have excellent interpersonal skills and sound clinical assessment skills?
• Do you have the confidence to work alone, putting the patient at the heart of what you do; and to get involved within a multi-disciplinary team?
• Are you passionate about supporting patients holistically and working as part of team to support those with diabetes?
• Provide specialist, evidence-based nursing care to support and facilitate high-quality, individualised care for people living with diabetes and their families/carers.
• Manage a community diabetes caseload (out-patients and housebound), applying advanced diabetes knowledge and skills to support individuals with complex needs.
• Demonstrate critical application of in-depth knowledge in diabetes care, with associated management and leadership responsibilities, including completion (or commitment to undertake, if developmental) a postgraduate module in diabetes.
• Work collaboratively with community services, general practice, care homes, nursing homes, and rehabilitation hospitals to reduce hospital admissions, improve diabetes outcomes, and enhance quality of life.
• Support, encourage, and mentor junior members of the diabetes team in managing caseloads, ensuring regular clinical supervision and contributing to management responsibilities.
• Ensure the care delivered by the diabetes team is culturally sensitive, respects individual health beliefs, and aligns with the principles of ‘Language Matters’.
• Update, organise, and deliver structured education programmes for people living with Type 1 diabetes in group settings.
Please see attached job description for further information
So what else?
• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
Role requirement and person specification
Criteria
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications, training, and knowledge
• Recognised degree/diploma in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing & Midwifery Council register.
• Hold a valid UK driving license and be willing to drive between sites and undertake home visits.
• Post-graduate module in diabetes (or willingness to undertake if developmental).
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Non-Medical Prescriber or working towards/willingness to undertake.
• MSc in diabetes.
• Diabetes specific training and qualifications.
• Experience in delivering structured education.
• Teaching qualification.
Experience
• Relevant experience as a Band 6 for at least 2 years.
• Evidence of managing junior staff, including appraisals/supporting staff development.
• Be able to work and make decisions autonomously.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and agencies to ensure the needs of the patients are met.
• Experience of clinical assessment, letter writing and electronic systems.
• Experience working in a community setting.
• Experience in providing specialist education to other healthcare professionals.
• Experience in line management
Skills and Abilities
• Good level of IT ability, including all Microsoft programmes.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records using and electronic database.
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively.
• Flexible and responsive to the needs of the service.
• Ability to recognise own limitations and to refer appropriately, when necessary, in accordance with professional code of conduct.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management.
• Ability to develop effective care plans.
• Experience using RIO electronic patient record system.
• Experience of delivering PowerPoint presentations.
Specialist knowledge/
expertise
• Analyse continuous glucose monitoring data and provide written reports.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate diabetes care management (face-to-face and remotely).
• Ability to triage, prioritise and coordinate referrals to the diabetes caseloads.
• Working knowledge of national guidance on diabetes.
• Knowledge of international guidance on diabetes (EASD/ADA).
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in relation to long-term conditions.
• Evidence of keeping up to date with new treatments, techniques and developments in diabetes.
• Supportive of clinical audits and quality improvements to improve the delivery of diabetes care.
• Able to liaise with appropriate healthcare professionals to facilitate a timely hospital discharge.
• Knowledge on relevant articles published in professional journals.
• Experience in participating in research and/or audits.
Planning and organisational skills
• Experience within the area of diabetes.
• Able to contribute to the development of the team and service provisions.
• Able to comply with national and organisational polices and procedures.
• Ability to manage own diary, allocations, clinics and home visits efficiently.
• Effective delegation and organisation of junior members of staff, and students.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025
• Do you have excellent interpersonal skills and sound clinical assessment skills?
• Do you have the confidence to work alone, putting the patient at the heart of what you do; and to get involved within a multi-disciplinary team?
• Are you passionate about supporting patients holistically and working as part of team to support those with diabetes?
• Provide specialist, evidence-based nursing care to support and facilitate high-quality, individualised care for people living with diabetes and their families/carers.
• Manage a community diabetes caseload (out-patients and housebound), applying advanced diabetes knowledge and skills to support individuals with complex needs.
• Demonstrate critical application of in-depth knowledge in diabetes care, with associated management and leadership responsibilities, including completion (or commitment to undertake, if developmental) a postgraduate module in diabetes.
• Work collaboratively with community services, general practice, care homes, nursing homes, and rehabilitation hospitals to reduce hospital admissions, improve diabetes outcomes, and enhance quality of life.
• Support, encourage, and mentor junior members of the diabetes team in managing caseloads, ensuring regular clinical supervision and contributing to management responsibilities.
• Ensure the care delivered by the diabetes team is culturally sensitive, respects individual health beliefs, and aligns with the principles of ‘Language Matters’.
• Update, organise, and deliver structured education programmes for people living with Type 1 diabetes in group settings.
Please see attached job description for further information
So what else?
• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
Role requirement and person specification
Criteria
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications, training, and knowledge
• Recognised degree/diploma in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing & Midwifery Council register.
• Hold a valid UK driving license and be willing to drive between sites and undertake home visits.
• Post-graduate module in diabetes (or willingness to undertake if developmental).
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Non-Medical Prescriber or working towards/willingness to undertake.
• MSc in diabetes.
• Diabetes specific training and qualifications.
• Experience in delivering structured education.
• Teaching qualification.
Experience
• Relevant experience as a Band 6 for at least 2 years.
• Evidence of managing junior staff, including appraisals/supporting staff development.
• Be able to work and make decisions autonomously.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals and agencies to ensure the needs of the patients are met.
• Experience of clinical assessment, letter writing and electronic systems.
• Experience working in a community setting.
• Experience in providing specialist education to other healthcare professionals.
• Experience in line management
Skills and Abilities
• Good level of IT ability, including all Microsoft programmes.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records using and electronic database.
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively.
• Flexible and responsive to the needs of the service.
• Ability to recognise own limitations and to refer appropriately, when necessary, in accordance with professional code of conduct.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management.
• Ability to develop effective care plans.
• Experience using RIO electronic patient record system.
• Experience of delivering PowerPoint presentations.
Specialist knowledge/
expertise
• Analyse continuous glucose monitoring data and provide written reports.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate diabetes care management (face-to-face and remotely).
• Ability to triage, prioritise and coordinate referrals to the diabetes caseloads.
• Working knowledge of national guidance on diabetes.
• Knowledge of international guidance on diabetes (EASD/ADA).
• Knowledge of current issues and trends in relation to long-term conditions.
• Evidence of keeping up to date with new treatments, techniques and developments in diabetes.
• Supportive of clinical audits and quality improvements to improve the delivery of diabetes care.
• Able to liaise with appropriate healthcare professionals to facilitate a timely hospital discharge.
• Knowledge on relevant articles published in professional journals.
• Experience in participating in research and/or audits.
Planning and organisational skills
• Experience within the area of diabetes.
• Able to contribute to the development of the team and service provisions.
• Able to comply with national and organisational polices and procedures.
• Ability to manage own diary, allocations, clinics and home visits efficiently.
• Effective delegation and organisation of junior members of staff, and students.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Nov 2025
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