Diabetes Nurse Educator

Position Title: Diabetes Nurse Educator

Classification: ZA7

Salary per hour:  $66.08 + superannuation + generous salary packaging options

Employment Type: Fixed term Part time 48 hours per fortnight

Award: Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Health Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 -2028

 

 

Role description

Dhelkaya Health is seeking an experienced and motivated Diabetes Nurse Educator to join our multidisciplinary team in a Clinical Nurse Consultant capacity. This role provides specialist diabetes education, clinical expertise, and support to individuals living with diabetes, enabling improved self‑management, health literacy, and long‑term health outcomes.

The Diabetes Nurse Educator works within a clinical advisory role, providing advanced nursing care in line with the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, relevant legislation, and professional codes. The role involves comprehensive assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation for clients and their significant others, delivered in a person‑centred and evidence‑informed manner.

You will practice both independently and collaboratively, demonstrating clinical leadership, accountability, and responsibility for your own practice and the appropriate delegation of care to enrolled nurses and other healthcare workers.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist diabetes education and management support across the continuum of care
• Support and empower clients to improve diabetes self‑management and health literacy
• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments and develop individualised, client‑centred care plans
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal health outcomes
• Provide clinical leadership, guidance, and support to nursing and healthcare staff
• Delegate care appropriately, considering scope of practice, education, and context of care
• Practice in accordance with evidence‑based guidelines, professional standards, and organisational policies

 

About you

• Registered Nurse (Division 1) qualification and current AHPRA registration
• Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education (or equivalent)
• Current credentials with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)

 

 

Please refer to the relevant attached position description and address the key selection criteria on your cover letter when applying.

 

Culture and Benefits

Dhelkaya Health is located on Dja Dja Wurrung country in regional Victoria. Just a short drive from Bendigo and easily accessed via public transport, the area is brimming with culture that blends the old with the new. Steeped in rich history, the town boasts a vibrant arts scene, historic architecture and is part of the Bendigo Region UNESCO City of Gastronomy. 

Surrounded by scenic trails and a unique natural environment that includes historic goldfields, outdoor enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the beauty of the natural world. Combined with a wide range of sporting clubs and outdoor recreation opportunities, the community offers a rich, diverse culture to enjoy.

From community events celebrating local festivals to grassroots initiatives fostering inclusivity and diversity, this is a place where people come together. At Dhelkaya Health, you'll enjoy all this and a flexible work environment with access to career development pathways that suit your life goals. You'll also benefit from:

• Stress-free parking: at no-cost close to your place of work. 
• Salary packaging: to maximise your earnings with options to package meals, entertainment, rent/mortgage repayments, and more. 
• Healthy and active lifestyle: through access to a free onsite gym and Fitness Passport membership for your family to use in a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities across the region
• Health and wellbeing: through a supported work environment that prioritises work-life balance and a health and well-being program that includes an Employee Assistance Program.
• Building meaningful connections: through the Dhelkaya Health Social Club and a variety of staff events and activities throughout the year held in a friendly, inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
• Home share - If lack of housing is stopping you from applying for a job here, consider Home share. It may help you get started at Dhelkaya Health. See this link for obligation free information.

https://dhelkayahealth.org.au/homeshare/

*All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check, NDIS (if required) and compliance with Dhelkaya Health Vaccination Policy.

 

Our purpose and role at Dhelkaya Health is to be Healthier Together – we engage and empower individuals and community through the provision of empathetic inclusive and professional health services.  We want a workforce who share our passion and purpose and is as diverse as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, and people of diverse genders and/or sexual orientations.

 

For further information about this position, please contact Alex Culvenor - Ambulatory Care Manager on 03 5471 3086

 

Please note that candidates are required to submit a cover letter and CV together with a document addressing the key selection criteria (which can be found on the Position Description). Only candidates that supply this information will be considered for roles at Dhelkaya Health.