Job Title: Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist
Agency: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Location: Maidstone, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

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Job summary

We are looking to recruit an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

Are you a DSN who is enthusiastic, highly motivated and forward-thinking? Would you be keen to help us drive improvements in service delivery around in-patient care, antenatal, and diabetes technology, including insulin pump therapy?

Do you have experience of working as a diabetes specialist nurse with proven clinical skills/knowledge, acquired from time working as a DSN in diabetes clinics, in-patient care or community?

Or, do you have strong transferable skills and knowledge from a current band 7 role in areas such as oncology, stroke, liver, renal, spoke nursing, complex care and want to use these capabilities to support patients with diabetes?

The ideal candidate will already be a DSN or have strong transferable skills to step into an independent band 7 role. Be self-motivated, organised, computer literate and able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, and committed to service provision whilst maintaining own continual professional development.

This role will specifically support our in-patient service.

Main duties of the job

We aim to offer diabetes specialist nurses the opportunity to work in any area of our service over time, to ensure a broad range of diabetes knowledge, experience and skills. Our service covers in-patient, out-patient and community diabetes CNS roles, so a unique place to work for any Diabetes CNS wishing to progress professionally.

Responsibilities include:

• To work as an autonomous practitioner and effectively co-ordinate and deliver an expert nursing service within diabetes.
• To manage patients/client caseloads.
• To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.
• To be involved in the development of evidence-based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues. To establish clear lines of communication with primary healthcare.
• To be involved in research/audit
• We are a friendly team and a team who would support anyone new to our service.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please do contact the Diabetes CNS Lead for further details and/or to arrange an informal visit.

We ask that when completing your application, you clearly demonstrate where your skills and experience meet criteria for the role and your specific experience, skills and knowledge acquired since you became a DSN / PN or Spoke nurse.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Level 1 NMC Adult Registered Nurse
• Relevant post-registration qualification
• One of the following as a minimum – Diabetes Diploma/certificate or willingness to undertake, Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/ or willingness to undertake, teaching qualification or equivalent expert experience

Desirable

• Experience of managing diabetes in specialist clinics,( renal. pregnancy/gestational , pump, YAC)
• DAFNE qualification
• Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake
• Counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
• Non-Medical Independent Prescriber/ Willingness to undertake.

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Post-registration experience.
• Extensive knowledge of diabetes, having previous experience in a DSN role.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team within diabetes.
• Experience of clinical supervision and mentoring junior staff/nursing students.
• Able to demonstrate understanding and empathy
• To contribute to the development of policies and protocols to improve patient care
• Critical application of detailed knowledge in the field of diabetes.
• Diabetes ward/practice experience and a willingness to develop using the Trend Career competency document.
• A working knowledge of the management of Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes
• Knowledge of diabetes specialist clinical treatments and technology

Desirable

• Experience with implementing change
• Knowledge of key resources
• Willingness to learn and acquire skills and training to meet the needs of the service.
• Knowledge of NSF and NICE Guidance for diabetes.
• Experience of teaching and presenting

Skills

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Computer literacy
• Good clinical assessment skills or willingness to develop these
• Good listening, observational and interpretive skills.
• Demonstrate effective teaching skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Have awareness of own limitations and when to seek advice from senior members of the team

Desirable

• Effective presentation skills
• Experience of undertaking research/audits programmes.
• Project management skills

Closing Date: 2 October 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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