Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our Community Diabetes Specialist Nursing team.

You will work as a senior member of our specialist multidisciplinary team, providing expert clinical care, advice and support to adults living with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, including those with more complex needs.

Alongside your clinical role, you will provide clinical leadership and supervision, support the development of colleagues, and contribute to education, audit, quality improvement and service development. You will work closely with GPs, primary care colleagues and other health professionals to deliver high-quality, joined-up diabetes care across our communities.

We are looking for a registered nurse with significant diabetes experience, excellent communication skills and a passion for improving care and supporting others.

If you are an experienced diabetes nurse looking to develop your specialist practice and leadership skills while making a real difference to people living with diabetes, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist diabetes nursing service to adults with diabetes, delivering care, education and support to people with diabetes and their families/carers.

Be part of the leadership team responsible for defined workstreams and outcome measures ensuring expertise in practice and clinical leadership through collaboration, vision, education, research and practice development.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details
Date posted: 30 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Pro-rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 348-CSS-12954
Job locations: Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0YG, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered nurse
• Essential: Evidence of recent and on-going personal development

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0YG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager, Debra O'Brien, debra.obrien3@nhs.net

This advert is subject to the Trust's privacy notice.