Diabetes Clinical Nurse Consultant

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• This position sits within the Medical & Cancer Services Division and will be primarily based across the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Austin Hospital campuses, with some off-site travel as required. 

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Diabetes Education Service

The Diabetes Education Service delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diabetes education across Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, and Royal Talbot Hospital, in close collaboration with our community partners.

As a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in providing expert support, education, and management for patients living with diabetes and their families. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to optimise clinical outcomes and promote patient self-management across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

About the role

Reporting to the Manager, Diabetes Education, this position sits within the Medical & Cancer Services Division and will be primarily based across the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and Austin Hospital sites. Some off-site travel may be required.

In this role, you will ensure that patients and their families receive comprehensive, timely, and effective diabetes education and support.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing prompt and efficient assessment and review of patients following referral.
• Identifying knowledge gaps among patients and staff, and developing targeted educational programs to address these needs.
• Maintaining current knowledge and engaging in ongoing professional development in all aspects of diabetes education and management.

About you

You are a dedicated and compassionate nursing professional who demonstrates strong communication skills and a commitment to delivering excellence in patient care. You bring enthusiasm, initiative, and a genuine passion for advancing your expertise in diabetes education and management.

You will also have:

• Extensive diabetes knowledge and clinical skills, with the ability to work independently as a sole practitioner.
• Highly developed written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in diabetes education within an acute care setting.
• Proficiency with current diabetes technologies, including insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and flash glucose monitoring systems.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Simone Patterson, Manager Diabetes Education, Simone.PATTERSON@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Sunday 30 November 2025