Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic, proactive, and values-driven Diabetes Nurse Manager to lead the strategic development and continuous improvement of diabetes services across our organisation in a non-clinical nursing leadership role.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a senior healthcare professional with a strong track record in leadership, transformation, quality improvement, and operational delivery. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, system partners, and commissioners to shape and implement services that are safe, effective, equitable, and responsive to the needs of people living with diabetes.
While a working knowledge of diabetes pathways is beneficial, you do not need to be a clinical expert. What matters is your ability to lead change, deliver complex projects, and ensure governance, safety, and performance are at the heart of service delivery.
If you're a driven and compassionate nursing leader ready to transform diabetes services and influence positive change at scale, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Lead and manage the development, implementation, and evaluation of specialist diabetes services to ensure high quality, evidence-based care.
- Provide expert clinical guidance and strategic direction, working closely with senior leadership, NHS commissioners, and external stakeholders to shape service priorities.
- Maintain clinical oversight to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred diabetes care, managing processes for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral, follow-up, and discharge.
- Ensure all patients are appropriately assessed for comorbidities, concurrent medications, and risk factors before initiating diabetes treatment or therapies.
- Ensure staffing is in line with Trust policy.
- Champion a culture of learning and quality improvement in the clinical area.
- Work in partnership with hospital leadership, commissioners, primary care networks (PCNs), and patient advocacy groups to enhance service accessibility and efficiency.
- Oversee and support clinical research projects, service evaluations, and quality improvement initiatives to advance diabetes care.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable clinical experience within the relevant area- Diabetes
- Significant post-registration experience in a leadership position
- Post-Graduate Diabetes Course
Desirable
- Masters/PhD level qualification
- Project Management
- Research and audit experience in Diabetes
- Significant experience as a clinical leader in Diabetes
- Specialty specific qualification
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Experience of quality, standard setting and audit
- Ability to lead and inspire a large team
- Organisation and management skills
- Negotiating skills
- Team building skills
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to manage change effectively & deal with complex and difficult situations
- Experience of leading people through change
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
- Capable of working strategically
- Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
- Maintain accurate records
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities e.g. planning specialist training
Desirable
- Experience of quality, standard setting and audit
- Ability to lead and inspire a large team
- Organisation and management skills
- Negotiating skills
- Team building skills
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to manage change effectively & deal with complex and difficult situations
- Experience of leading people through change
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of: Improving projects
- Leading and developing a team
- Effective budget management
- Quality assurance
- Change management
- Complaints handling
- Research and audit
- Trust wide initiatives/ committee membership
- Working at a senior nursing level at band 7
- Delivering training
Desirable
- GIRFT
- DAFNE
- Insulin Pumps
Knowledge
Essential
- Quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
- Budget and people management
- Sound knowledge of both clinical and non-clinical policies
- Current issues in healthcare/nursing
Person Specification
Education and Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Management or Leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable clinical experience within the relevant area- Diabetes
- Significant post-registration experience in a leadership position
- Post-Graduate Diabetes Course
Desirable
- Masters/PhD level qualification
- Project Management
- Research and audit experience in Diabetes
- Significant experience as a clinical leader in Diabetes
- Specialty specific qualification
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Experience of quality, standard setting and audit
- Ability to lead and inspire a large team
- Organisation and management skills
- Negotiating skills
- Team building skills
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to manage change effectively & deal with complex and difficult situations
- Experience of leading people through change
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
- Capable of working strategically
- Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
- Maintain accurate records
- Ability to plan and organise complex activities e.g. planning specialist training
Desirable
- Experience of quality, standard setting and audit
- Ability to lead and inspire a large team
- Organisation and management skills
- Negotiating skills
- Team building skills
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to manage change effectively & deal with complex and difficult situations
- Experience of leading people through change
- Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of: Improving projects
- Leading and developing a team
- Effective budget management
- Quality assurance
- Change management
- Complaints handling
- Research and audit
- Trust wide initiatives/ committee membership
- Working at a senior nursing level at band 7
- Delivering training
Desirable
- GIRFT
- DAFNE
- Insulin Pumps
Knowledge
Essential
- Quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
- Budget and people management
- Sound knowledge of both clinical and non-clinical policies
- Current issues in healthcare/nursing
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.
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).
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.
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).
