Diabetes Specialist Nurse | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Oldham, OL1 2JH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Job Summary

Are you ready to make a real difference in diabetes care? We’re looking for a passionate Specialist Diabetes Practitioner to join our forward-thinking team within the Northern Care Alliance. This is your chance to work autonomously, delivering a high-quality, evidence-based service that transforms patient outcomes and empowers people to manage their own diabetes.

In this role, you’ll assess, plan, and implement individualised care while acting as a trusted resource for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals. You’ll also play a key part in shaping the future of diabetes services by delivering specialist education and training to staff and students across all aspects of diabetes management.

This is a varied and rewarding position with cross-site cover—4 days at Royal Oldham Hospital and 1 day at Fairfield General Hospital—giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience and collaborate with a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

If you’re committed to innovation, education, and improving patient care, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us lead the way in diabetes management.

Role Summary

We are seeking a motivated Specialist Diabetes Practitioner to join our team within the Northern Care Alliance. In this autonomous role, you will deliver a high-quality, evidence-based service for people living with diabetes, working within Trust policy, national guidelines, and your professional scope of practice.

Your responsibilities include reducing inpatient bed occupancy by promoting excellent diabetes care and empowering patients to manage their condition. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment plans, ensuring appropriate care pathways and referrals. Acting as a specialist resource, you will provide expert advice to patients, families, and healthcare professionals, and deliver education and training to staff and students on all aspects of diabetes management.

You will participate in research and clinical audits, maintain compliance with NMC registration, and take accountability for your professional development through supervision and appraisal. Training opportunities will support service development and progression, including working towards or completing NMP V300.

If you are passionate about improving diabetes care and supporting multidisciplinary teams, we would love to hear from you.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack(opens in existing window)

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 31 Aug 2026

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