Job summary
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join our team at Kingsway & Bramingham Practice of Modality Partnership on a full-time basis. Working as an autonomous specialist nurse providing expert assessment, treatment, care planning and ongoing management for adults with Type 1, Type 2 and complex diabetes, together with associated cardiometabolic conditions, across primary and community care. The postholder will manage an appropriate specialist caseload and focus particularly on patients whose needs extend beyond routine long-term-condition review, including treatment intensification, multimorbidity, frailty, renal impairment, cardiovascular risk and uncontrolled hypertension.

At Modality Partnership, our CARE values Commitment, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence guide everything we do, and you will be joining a team that brings these values to life in every patient interaction and across the wider organisation.

Why Join Us?

• NHS pension scheme
• Minimum 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
• Employee discounts and benefits scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Education and career development pathways
• Enhanced family-friendly policies, flexible working options, and wellbeing initiatives

Main duties of the job
The role requires the postholder will manage an appropriate specialist caseload and focus particularly on patients whose needs extend beyond routine long-term-condition review including treatment intensification, multimorbidity, frailty, renal impairment, cardiovascular risk and hypertension.

• Undertake comprehensive, person-centred assessment and formulate clear, evidence-based management plans with agreed goals, follow-up and safety-netting.
• Optimise diabetes treatment, including oral therapies and injectable treatments within professional competence and agreed prescribing arrangements.
• Assess and manage hypertension and wider cardiovascular and renal risk in people with diabetes in accordance with current NICE guidance, local pathways and individual clinical circumstances.
• Work closely with GPs, pharmacists, nurses, healthcare assistants, dietitians, podiatry, community teams and secondary-care diabetes services as an expert member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide specialist advice, education and clinical leadership to strengthen consistent, safe diabetes care across Modality sites.
• Provide visible clinical leadership to nurses and healthcare practitioners, supporting supervision, mentoring, competency development and confidence in diabetes care and technology.
• Use clinical audit, population-health data and quality-improvement methods to identify gaps in care and improve outcomes, while ensuring that individualised care remains central.

About us
Our Bedford practices are part of Modality Partnership, one of the UKs largest GP super-partnerships, serving over 500,000 patients with a workforce of more than 1,800 staff. We continuously innovate to improve patient care and staff experience, embracing digital tools and automation to enhance how services are delivered.

All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.

Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with the Equality Act, 2010.

Application Process
If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care, supporting patients to adopt self-care strategies, and contributing to service improvement within primary care, and are looking for a career-advancing opportunity where your expertise is valued, we encourage you to apply. Join a growing team of like-minded professionals at Modality Partnership and make a real difference every day while developing your career.

Details
Date posted: 28 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: E0281-26-0194
Job locations: Kingsway Health Centre, 385 Dunstable Road, Luton, LU4 8BY, United Kingdom; Bramingham Park Medical Centre, Lucas Gardens, Luton, LU3 4BG, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Skills

• Demonstrates effective communication both written and verbally.
• Able to deal with difficult situations and challenging behaviour.
• Effective communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• An ability to work collaboratively and flexibly.
• Experience in working as an independent practitioner.
• Experience as a supervised or independent prescriber.
• Access to transport.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Recognised post-registration diabetes qualification, or demonstrable equivalent specialist diabetes expertise supported by evidence of competence.
• A Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in dietetics.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Currently undertaking an approved V300 independent prescribing programme.
• Master's-level study or advanced clinical-practice qualification.
• Teaching, mentorship or clinical-supervision qualification.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support clinical practice within diabetes dietetics services.
• Knowledge of a wide range of clinical conditions.
• Knowledge of how nutritional intake and status are affected by clinical conditions, and the appropriate dietetic treatments.
• Knowledge of factors affecting eating behaviour and methods to facilitate behavioural change such as motivational interviewing.
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working.
• Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team.
• Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity.
• Knowledge of the NHS constitution.
• Substantial contemporary knowledge of diabetes pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, monitoring, complications and person-centred management.
• Detailed knowledge of hypertension, cardiovascular and renal risk management in people with diabetes.
• Knowledge of current NICE guidance, relevant national standards, local pathways and the NMC Code.

Personal Qualities

• Professional approach to work.
• Willingness to actively participate in delivering training.
• Smart appearance.
• Responsive and positive outlook.
• Calm, compassionate and person-centred approach.
• Professional credibility, integrity and accountability.
• Able to work autonomously while valuing supervision, challenge and collective decision-making.
• Collaborative team member who can influence constructively across professional boundaries.
• Organised, dependable and able to prioritise competing clinical risks and workload.
• Commitment to inclusion, learning, reflective practice and continuous improvement.
• Flexible approach to working across sites and adapting to service need following consultation.

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).

Vaccinations: As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. For recruitment to this role, you will be required to provide full Hep b vaccination evidence x3, titre level and/or booster evidence. MMR and Varicella vaccination evidence/status. Right to work: All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage. References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer. You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.