Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a skilled, knowledgeable, and forward-thinking Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Diabetes Service, covering the Gloucester locality.

Based at Southgate Moorings, you will be part of a dedicated community-based diabetes team working within primary care. The role involves close collaboration with healthcare professionals across General Practice and Community Hospitals to support and enhance diabetes care delivery.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic registered nurse with a recognised diabetes qualification and recent diabetes experience. Experience working within primary care and possession of a Non-Medical Independent Prescribing qualification would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be confident working independently, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be able to travel throughout the locality. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are therefore essential.

Comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development will be provided, alongside mentorship from our experienced Community Diabetes Team.

Main duties of the job

The role involves managing a diverse community-based caseload, predominantly supporting patients with Type 2 diabetes. Care is delivered across a variety of settings, including community hospitals, GP practices, outpatient clinics, and patients' homes.  We also provide mentored/virtual clinics with primary care staff.  Patient education and supporting self-management are key components of the position, alongside providing education and training to healthcare professionals.

Our Community Diabetes Service is innovative and progressive, continually evaluating and developing practice through service improvement, audit, and workforce development initiatives. We are looking for someone who is adaptable, embraces change, and is keen to contribute to the ongoing evolution of the service.

This is a challenging yet highly rewarding role that offers the opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of people living with diabetes.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.