Job summary
East and North Herts Diabetes Service is a nurse led service. We are looking for a highly motivated expert Diabetes Specialist Clinical Lead Nurse with a strong desire to improve outcomes for people living with diabetes to work 30 hours per week - 08:30 to 16:30 across 4 days.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in diabetes specialist nursing and have the skills and experience to provide strong professional leadership and inspire a team of specialist nurses and dietitians and to provide expertise to the wider clinical staff within East and North Hertfordshire.

Ideally you will be an independent nurse prescriber with a strong understanding of the legal and professional issues surrounding this role. You will be a champion of patient structured education and working knowledge of the DAFNE programme will be an advantage.

The postholder will need excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to facilitate clinical staff development both within the team and for appropriate staff in the wider Trust.

You will also be a key stakeholder for the diabetes provision across the Central East Integrated Care System working in conjunction with representatives from the local acute Trusts, primary care and other providers of diabetes care to shape the strategic direction of provision.

Main duties of the job
To provide strong professional leadership, advice, support, and direction to the E&N Diabetes Service in the planning, coordination and evaluation of the service, liaising with Diabetes Dietetic Lead, Operational Lead and Assistant Operational Lead where appropriate

To be professionally accountable for the Diabetic Specialist Nurses (DSN's) within the E&N Diabetes Service including clinical supervision, training needs and professional accountability.

To deliver a minimum of one clinical session per week (pro rata) within E&N Hertfordshire.

To actively contribute to the ICB Diabetes work stream ensuring that appropriate links are established and maintained with the Herts Valleys Integrated Diabetes Service (HIDS) and ENHT Diabetes Service to ensure all national initiatives are delivered locally.

To provide strategic diabetes clinical leadership for HCT within East and North Hertfordshire.

HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

About us
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

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Details
Date posted: 24 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 812-26-AC-DIAB-05
Job locations: Bull Plain Clinic, 27 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Be the subject matter expert for the E&N Diabetes team, providing expert advice, guidance, and horizon scanning.

To support and provide specialist advice to all other HCT clinical services in matters of diabetes.

To initiate new and maintain existing excellent working relationships with a complex range of contacts, utilising extensive knowledge and skills to influence others in establishing, planning and implementation within the Diabetes service.

To steer a process of development and improvement of the Diabetes service in line with national standards and evidence-based practice.

To champion change and provide a strategic clinical lead for the service.

Using specialist clinical assessment, clinical reasoning and highly specialist clinical knowledge, guide and support the DSNs to formulate and deliver individual treatment plans and self-management programmes.

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.

Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential

• NMC registered Nurse
• Masters Degree or equivalent

Desirable

• Independent prescriber
• Trained DAFNE educator

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Extensive Diabetes Experience at speciality nurse level
• Significant experience working in a senior clinical role- Band 7 or above
• Leadership experience

Desirable

• Working knowledge of SystmOne
• Knowledge of adult safeguarding guidance

Sills and abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Able to use own initiative and take responsibility
• Excellent self management skills

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address: Bull Plain Clinic, 27 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Diabetes and Podiatry Operational Lead, Abby Cox, abby.cox1@nhs.net, 07827936504

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