University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Diabetes
The closing date is 18 June 2026
Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic nurse?
Do you have experience in diabetes care or are you looking for a new challenge and would like the opportunity to work within a specialist service within acute care?
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious clinical nurse specialist in Diabetes to join our team.
You will have a major role in delivering excellent diabetes care both to inpatients and outpatients. You will be expected to autonomously develop and lead on a specialism within diabetes and be an independent prescriber.
Main duties of the job
You will act as a specialist resource and provide specialist advice in relation to care of people with diabetes and provide a range of educational and training programmes for the multidisciplinary team, patients, families and carers.
You will be required to work on site to support clinical services and to support the out of hours inpatient rota.
We are looking to employ someone with excellent communication skills and a passion for diabetes care, to develop and drive forward future proof services.
Support will be given to the post holder to develop their skills, experience and competence in all spheres of diabetes nursing.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long‑term health condition, mental health or neuro‑diverse condition, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
- Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (field dependent upon role)
- Evidence of post‑registration CPD / post‑registration qualification in the appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge, supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent (FHEQ Level 6/7)
- Recognised mentorship course
- To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
- To have or working towards an advanced health assessment module (where applicable to the role)
- Non — Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake – where applicable to the role
Experience
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant years post‑registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in a defined or associated speciality
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and ongoing professional development/competence
- Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- Working in a multi‑disciplinary and cross‑agency work environment
- Experience of patient service user advocacy role
- Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients, relatives and care staff
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
- Has understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
- Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it is necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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