Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | Tooting, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7694717/200-7694717-G0-SC |
Summary
NB as this is a senior specialist post, Please do not apply if you are not currently or has recent experience as working as a Diabetes Specialist nurse / Diabetes Inpatient Specialist nurse in Secondary care.
Due to resignation , An exciting opportunity has arisen within the diabetes team. We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Inpatient Nurse to join our friendly team. This senior DISN post is for someone who is currently working as a Band 7 DISN / DSN or Band 6 DISN / DSN with the required experience who ins ready for the band 7 challenge
The Diabetes Centre at St George’s University Hospitals is at the forefront of advances in diabetes care and provides a number of specialist services. The team includes the Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs), Diabetes Dieticians, Diabetes Consultants, and our Diabetes foot team. We provide care and support for our in-patient, outpatient, and we are a very established DAFNE and Insulin Pump Centre. We have a joint Obstetric / Diabetes service, Continuous Glucose Monitoring service, and a busy renal and diabetes foot clinic.
We strongly advise informal chat or visit about the Job
The successful candidate will be required to:
• To work as an autonomous advance practitioner providing diabetes care in both inpatient and outpatients care setting
• To work as an autonomous advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert service within the specialist area both inpatient and outpatients.
• To manage a caseload of patients/clients
• To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support
• To lead in the development of evidence based clinical practice in line with current research and guidelines
• To establish clear lines of communication within the team.
• Perform the role of educator to student dieticians, medics, nursing staff, dietetic assistant and other AHP’s as required
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and also the person specification for this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026
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