Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and highly motivated Highly Specialist Adult Diabetes Nurse (Clinical Lead) to join our Diabetes Service on a 9-month secondment. This is an exciting opportunity for an expert diabetes practitioner to provide clinical leadership and specialist support, driving excellence in diabetes care across the service.

The post holder will work autonomously to assess, diagnose, and manage patients with complex diabetes needs, delivering high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centred care. As the clinical lead for the service, you will provide expert advice and support to colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, promoting best practice, service development, and improved patient outcomes.

Working closely with key stakeholders, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and developing diabetes services, contributing to education, quality improvement, and the implementation of innovative models of care. The role combines advanced clinical practice, leadership, service development, and staff education to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and responsive diabetes care for our population.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver advanced assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients with diabetes.
• Provide expert clinical decision-making and specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team.
• Lead service improvement, quality improvement, audit and research activities.
• Develop and deliver education and training for healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to the operational and strategic development of the diabetes service.
• Work collaboratively across organisational and system boundaries to improve patient care.

About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Details
Date posted: 14 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £63,665 to £70,887 a year (per annum inclusive of HCAS)
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 824-NORTH-8140402
Job locations: Edgware Community Hospital, London, HA8 0AD

Job description
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trusts values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential

• Relevant registered professional qualification (NMC/HCPC/GPhC)
• MSc in specialism, Equivalent Level 7 course, or completion of the NHSE e-Portfolio Route

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification
• Recognised leadership qualification

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience in the field of diabetes
• Significant experience of teaching and assessing clinical practice of colleagues
• Experience in providing clinical expertise to patients with complex undifferentiated health problems, requesting and interpreting investigations as indicated and formulating a plan of care based on differential diagnosis's
• Experience in managing clinical complexity within diabetes
• Established relevant experience of service transformation
• Experience in recruitment, retention, and staff performance
• Experience in assessment of personal and team competencies, capabilities and learning/training needs; able to establish training package to address needs
• Experience, understanding and application of research
• Management or leadership experience
• Experience of supervision, mentoring, teaching and assessment

Desirable

• Evidence of presentations at local / national level
• In depth knowledge of research and audit systems relevant to profession and ability to apply to practice
• Leadership experience in delegating and managing workload of team members.

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

• Advanced knowledge and skills in assessment, diagnosis and clinical decision making.
• Well-developed IT skills.
• Proven leadership skills, with a vision to work with others
• Change management skills, for example evidence of Quality Improvement or Service improvement knowledge and experience.
• Professional Portfolio of evidence showing achievements, reflections and on-going learning in practice/speciality
• Understand the importance of clinical supervision, and can reflect to participate in Clinical Supervision.
• Evidence of ability and knowledge on how to undertake research and audit, and be able to provide feedback outcomes and plan.
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice.
• Knowledge of research processes
• Critical appraisal skills and ability to utilise research evidence in practice.
• Implementation of audit/research recommendations
• Evidence of research/audits undertaken and outcomes
• In depth understanding of quality issues including clinical governance
• In depth understanding of quality issues including clinical governance
• Non-medical prescribing experience and qualification

Desirable

• Ability to travel across health and social care sites as required for the programme.
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Contact name: Clinical Services Manager, Anita Parobiec Diabetes clinical Lead
Email: anita.parobiec1@nhs.net
Telephone: 07947625571