Job summary
We are currently looking for a diabetes practice nurse to help manage
our complex diabetes patients.
The role is for 10 15 hours per week, with flexibility on days and
times, and would be suitable for remote working. The post is for an initial trial period of 6
months fixed term, after which the role will be reviewed with the possibility
of it becoming a permanent position. The ability to offer occasional home
visits would be desirable, but not essential.
The post holder will work autonomously and as part
of the multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care,
ensuring patients receive personalised treatment and education to support safe,
independent diabetes management.
Salary: £22.00 per hour.
For any queries relating to the role, please
contact Louise Newton, email louise.newton@nhs.net.
Closing date: Thursday 3rd July 2025.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for their own
caseload of diabetic patients, developing, implementing and reviewing
personalised care plans, including initiating and adjusting insulin doses.
They will monitor medication effectiveness,
ensuring treatments are safe, evidence-based, and meet individual needs.
The role involves providing practical and emotional
support to patients, particularly those newly diagnosed or experiencing
complications.
They will complete referrals to other services as
required.
Accurate record-keeping is vital, alongside
involving patients and carers in planning care.
The post holder will work closely with GPs, nurses, HCAs, pharmacists
and external partners to ensure continuity.
They will also act as a clinical resource, support staff development,
provide patient education, and promote self-management, prevention and early
intervention.
The post holder must become familiar with enhanced
service specifications regarding diabetes and ensure they work within those
specifications and assist the practice in providing any monitoring
requirements.
About us
St Georges Medical Practice is a friendly, 10
doctor, practice providing care for over 15,000 patients based in the centre of
West Bridgford. We are an established
teaching and training practice, accommodating medical and nursing students and
GP Registrars. We have a
multi-disciplinary practice team with care also being provided by First Contact
Physios, Pharmacists and a Social Prescriber.
We aim to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care in
partnership with our patients and seek to continuously improve the service we
offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
St. Georges Medical Practice
Job Description
Job Title: Diabetes Practice Nurse
Hours: 10 to 15 hours
Reports to: The Partners (Clinically)
Practice Manager (Administratively)
Education and Experience
Registered General Nurse with valid NMC registration and minimum of 2 years post registration experience.
Ability to manage time effectively.
Accredited training in diabetes management including insulin initiation.
Possess good interpersonal, organisation and communication skills.
Job Summary
To work in conjunction with or independently of the other members of the practice team, according to practice policy and protocols. To deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring patients receive personalised treatment and education to support safe, independent diabetes management, whilst maintaining professional conduct in accordance with NMC standards.
Principle Duties
Professional
- Develop, implement and review personalised care plans for diabetic patients.
- Perform insulin initiation and adjustments to doses as required.
- Monitor diabetes medication effectiveness, ensuring treatments are safe, evidence-based, and meet individual needs.
- Provide practical and emotional support to diabetic patients, particularly those newly diagnosed or experiencing complications.
- Complete referrals to other services as required.
- Be familiar with monitoring and reporting requirements for diabetes, including enhanced service specifications.
- Liaise with other members of the primary health care team and other agencies accordingly, to maintain provision of appropriate care.
- Ensure all nursing care, interaction and procedures are recorded accurately and within 24hours, into patients medical records according to practice protocol, including opportunistic QOF requirements.
- Provide audit information in accordance with practice policy and the Care Quality commission (CQC).
- Work according to Health and Safety regulations as specified in the Health and Safety policies.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times with regard to both patients and staff.
- To provide support to colleagues with diabetic follow up.
Managerial
- Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Be aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
- To attend staff meetings where possible.
- Ensure effective relationships and communications with the ICB and other agencies.
- Support the practice clinical governance agenda.
- Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.
Educational
- Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
- Participate in clinical supervision.
- Support others with their training and development needs.
- To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.
Personal
- Maintain good industrial relations.
- Maintain a safe and appropriate working environment when working remotely.
- Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all policies and processes relating to infection control.
- Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.
- Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.
- Facilitates a learning environment within the team.
- Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.
Equality and Diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teams activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
- Assist in the development of practice protocols and policies
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Job Revision
It is the policy of the practice to periodically evaluate employees job descriptions and update them as appropriate to ensure that they reflect the job as it is performed and to allow for any changes to be made or proposed. This procedure is jointly conducted by both doctors and those working directly with them. Your input is therefore required when such decisions are made, and although it is the aim of this practice to reach agreement on reasonable changes, if agreement cannot be made, the partners reserve the right to insist on changes to your job description in accordance with your level within the practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
St. Georges Medical Practice
Job Description
Job Title: Diabetes Practice Nurse
Hours: 10 to 15 hours
Reports to: The Partners (Clinically)
Practice Manager (Administratively)
Education and Experience
Registered General Nurse with valid NMC registration and minimum of 2 years post registration experience.
Ability to manage time effectively.
Accredited training in diabetes management including insulin initiation.
Possess good interpersonal, organisation and communication skills.
Job Summary
To work in conjunction with or independently of the other members of the practice team, according to practice policy and protocols. To deliver high-quality, evidence-based care, ensuring patients receive personalised treatment and education to support safe, independent diabetes management, whilst maintaining professional conduct in accordance with NMC standards.
Principle Duties
Professional
- Develop, implement and review personalised care plans for diabetic patients.
- Perform insulin initiation and adjustments to doses as required.
- Monitor diabetes medication effectiveness, ensuring treatments are safe, evidence-based, and meet individual needs.
- Provide practical and emotional support to diabetic patients, particularly those newly diagnosed or experiencing complications.
- Complete referrals to other services as required.
- Be familiar with monitoring and reporting requirements for diabetes, including enhanced service specifications.
- Liaise with other members of the primary health care team and other agencies accordingly, to maintain provision of appropriate care.
- Ensure all nursing care, interaction and procedures are recorded accurately and within 24hours, into patients medical records according to practice protocol, including opportunistic QOF requirements.
- Provide audit information in accordance with practice policy and the Care Quality commission (CQC).
- Work according to Health and Safety regulations as specified in the Health and Safety policies.
- Maintain confidentiality at all times with regard to both patients and staff.
- To provide support to colleagues with diabetic follow up.
Managerial
- Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Be aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
- To attend staff meetings where possible.
- Ensure effective relationships and communications with the ICB and other agencies.
- Support the practice clinical governance agenda.
- Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.
Educational
- Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
- Participate in clinical supervision.
- Support others with their training and development needs.
- To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.
Personal
- Maintain good industrial relations.
- Maintain a safe and appropriate working environment when working remotely.
- Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all policies and processes relating to infection control.
- Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.
- Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.
- Facilitates a learning environment within the team.
- Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.
Equality and Diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional Development
The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
- Alert other team members to issues of quality risk.
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and teams activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Contribution to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will:
- Apply practice policies, standards and guidance.
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
- Assist in the development of practice protocols and policies
- Participate in audit where appropriate.
Job Revision
It is the policy of the practice to periodically evaluate employees job descriptions and update them as appropriate to ensure that they reflect the job as it is performed and to allow for any changes to be made or proposed. This procedure is jointly conducted by both doctors and those working directly with them. Your input is therefore required when such decisions are made, and although it is the aim of this practice to reach agreement on reasonable changes, if agreement cannot be made, the partners reserve the right to insist on changes to your job description in accordance with your level within the practice.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audits
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Accredited training in diabetes management including insulin initiation.
Experience
Essential
- Working in General Practice
- Experience of managing patients with diabetes in primary care
- Working with SystmOne (Clinical system)
Desirable
- 2 years post-registration
- Health promotion / Patient Education
Skills
Essential
- Smart, polite and confident
- Planning and organising
- Performing under pressure
- Adaptability
- Using initiative
- Team working
- Self motivated
- Reliability
- Flexibility
- Confidentiality
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audits
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Accredited training in diabetes management including insulin initiation.
Experience
Essential
- Working in General Practice
- Experience of managing patients with diabetes in primary care
- Working with SystmOne (Clinical system)
Desirable
- 2 years post-registration
- Health promotion / Patient Education
Skills
Essential
- Smart, polite and confident
- Planning and organising
- Performing under pressure
- Adaptability
- Using initiative
- Team working
- Self motivated
- Reliability
- Flexibility
- Confidentiality
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).
Additional information
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).
