Diabetes Nurse inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 24 AUG 2024

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

To work as a diabetes nurse providing an effective and high-quality patient-focused service that is sensitive to the needs of the users and providers.
Calling registered nurses with a passion for developing their diabetes knowledge, skills and expertise. Exciting new role to develop your specialist nurse career with a supportive award-winning consultant-led team based in Brighton and working in East Sussex. We want to develop our nursing team and will provide on the job training, so no previous diabetes specialist nurse experience is required. This is a rare opportunity for a nurse with a keen interest in diabetes to work with a supportive multi-disciplinary team with years of experience. It's an exciting, new, varied role that includes providing direct patient care in both clinic and domiciliary settings and facilitating health education groups. You'll be supported clinically to work towards specialist diabetes nursing competencies within an agreed timeframe.


This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.


To work as a diabetes nurse providing an effective and high-quality patient-focused service that is sensitive to the needs of the users and providers. To deliver a high-quality patient centered system of care and education to enable people living with diabetes to manage their condition confidently and effectively. This will include responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating of evidenced-based education programmes provided by the service. To perform comprehensive assessments of patient needs and actively contribute to setting and maintaining high standards of quality nursing care. Plan, implement and evaluate delivery of diabetes care according to changing health care needs of the individual. To liaise with the multi professional teams to provide an appropriate service to patients and their carers. Maintain effective and efficient communication with the nurses and members of the multi-disciplinary team on issues related to patient care and organisation of nursing teams.

Working without supervision to coordinate, organise and prioritise own work within the diabetes nursing team clinical area on a day-to-day basis. Contribute to the development of services, new ways of working and the implementation of change. Act as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, patients, carers and the public at all times. Ensure self and the nursing team within the department adhere to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s uniform policy.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

  • Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
  • Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
  • Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Research opportunities
  • Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
  • Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
  • Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
  • Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Smith Job title: Advanced Specialist Diabetes Nurse Email address: Telephone number:

Vicky Fenwick

Clinical Services
Calling registered nurses with a passion for developing their diabetes knowledge, skills and expertise. Exciting new role to develop your specialist nurse career with a supportive award-winning consultant-led team based in Brighton and working in East Sussex. We want to develop our nursing team and will provide on the job training, so no previous diabetes specialist nurse experience is required. This is a rare opportunity for a nurse with a keen interest in diabetes to work with a supportive multi-disciplinary team with years of experience. It's an exciting, new, varied role that includes providing direct patient care in both clinic and domiciliary settings and facilitating health education groups. You'll be supported clinically to work towards specialist diabetes nursing competencies within an agreed timeframe.

This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.

To work as a diabetes nurse providing an effective and high-quality patient-focused service that is sensitive to the needs of the users and providers. To deliver a high-quality patient centered system of care and education to enable people living with diabetes to manage their condition confidently and effectively. This will include responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating of evidenced-based education programmes provided by the service. To perform comprehensive assessments of patient needs and actively contribute to setting and maintaining high standards of quality nursing care. Plan, implement and evaluate delivery of diabetes care according to changing health care needs of the individual. To liaise with the multi professional teams to provide an appropriate service to patients and their carers. Maintain effective and efficient communication with the nurses and members of the multi-disciplinary team on issues related to patient care and organisation of nursing teams.

Working without supervision to coordinate, organise and prioritise own work within the diabetes nursing team clinical area on a day-to-day basis. Contribute to the development of services, new ways of working and the implementation of change. Act as a professional and clinical role model to all staff, patients, carers and the public at all times. Ensure self and the nursing team within the department adhere to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust’s uniform policy.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

  • Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
  • Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
  • Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Research opportunities
  • Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
  • Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
  • Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
  • Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Paula Smith Job title: Advanced Specialist Diabetes Nurse Email address: Telephone number:

Vicky Fenwick

Clinical Services


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