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Job summary
Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust are seeking a band 7 Diabetes Specialist Nurse to join their nursing team as part of the development of a new young adult diabetes service.
We are looking for a self-motivated, team player to come and join the Diabetes Nursing team to help improve patient care and outcomes across Trust with a particular focus on our young adult population (aged 18-25). You must have experience as a diabetes nurse with a detailed knowledge of diabetes treatment, including insulin pump therapy, they should also be ready and willing to learn and develop. The nurse will be part of the MDT and support the development of a young adult diabetes pathway. They will independently run nurse-led clinic (F2F & phone) assess in-patients with diabetes, help to review and suggest treatment as well as giving advice and education to patients, relatives and ward staff. The nurse will be part of consultant diabetes out-patient clinics including the transition clinic.
The nurse will be involved in supporting and supervising junior diabetes nurses and providing education across the Trust. They will need to be available to work across site and may be required to help cover a 7-day working week. Each day brings a new, exciting challenge and there are always learning opportunities to embark on. You will be working with a team who display PRIDE values; Passion, Responsibility, Innovation, Drive and Empowerment.
Main duties of the job
To be part of the new young adult diabetes service. This includes all Diabetes patients within BHRUT (mainly outpatients based, but not exclusively) with a focus on our young adult population (18-25yrs) Type 1 Diabetes and those on insulin pumps.To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing a specialist, effective, flexible clinical diabetes nurse service to young adults with diabetes across BHRUT.To provide expert guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) within Endocrine & Diabetes Dept, with a focus on young adults with Type 1 Diabetes, poorly controlled diabetes, repeat admissions and those on insulin pumps.Assist in the provision of a high-quality Diabetes service across BHRUT. The post holder will undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practise is evidence based.You will undertake research and audit on a regular basis to ensure that practise is evidence based.Lead service development within own clinical area and contribute to the day to day running and development of the diabetes service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research.To be involved in the establishment and running of protocol-based nurse led clinics for diabetes patients, including assessment and follow up.Plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the dietetic service provided to diabetes patients within the specialist service.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Details
Date posted
27 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£55,524 to £62,652 a year Per Annum Inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
162-8066-MED
Job locations
Across Sites
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
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