Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse or dietitian to take on a clinical and professional leadership role within the community diabetes service at Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust.
We are seeking a dynamic individual with proven experience in a senior clinical leadership role, who can demonstrate a track record of enhancing both patient and staff experience within a complex healthcare environment. If you are passionate about advancing community Diabetes services and leading the professional and clinical development of nursing, dietitians and pharmacists, we invite you to join us.
You will be expected to deliver compassionate, visible leadership and foster a culture of excellence. Your ability to drive service improvements while maintaining a strong focus on patient-centred care is essential. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple locations and multi-professional boundaries is key.
Closing date: 19th November 2025
Interview date: 28th November 2025
Main duties of the job
1. Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the community diabetes Team
2. Clinically lead community diabetes care throughout the various patient pathways
3. Provide education and support to community diabetes team consisting of doctors, pharmacists, nurses and dietitians.
4. Provide education to the multidisciplinary teams, responsible for the education pathway of staff
5. Enable collaboration across the multi-disciplinary teams through complex decision making
6. Manage risk thus enabling the services to meet changing population,
patient, and service delivery needs.
7. Transformation, quality and improvement initiatives to develop the services.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for a motivated, ambitious, and flexible nurse or dietician with experience in community settings. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership to the community diabetes team and throughout the patient pathway and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team on service transformation, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives. You will also run nurse/ dietitian -led clinics and actively contribute to multidisciplinary clinics, audits, and operational meetings. Opportunities to participate in teaching and research are strongly encouraged.
Applicants must have experience in leading clinical services, with a proven commitment to prioritising safety, quality, and patient experience in all aspects of care.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
8. Evidence of developed leadership and influencing skills
9. Ability to develop working relationships and evidence of leading and delivering change
10. Experience in roster and Staff management
11. Excellent inter personal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
12. Advanced clinical assessment and history taking
13. Evidence of Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of diabetes management
previous experience
Essential criteria
14. Ability to lead and work within a community service with Nursing, medical, dietitians and pharmacists
15. Experience in writing/ reviewing clinical policy's/ guidelines SOP's and working with the MDT.
16. Leading on governance with experience in managing incidences, complaints and audit at a local and trust level
17. Experience of supervising and developing Junior nursing, dietetic or pharmacy staff
18. Demonstrates previous Experience in leading and delivering change at either a local or national level
Desirable criteria
19. Advanced Clinical Experience in diabetes management
Qualifications
Essential criteria
20. A Masters level qualification/in progress or equivalent experience
21. Non-medical prescriber independent or supplementary
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.