Lead, Educate and Inspire as a Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Put your advanced clinical skills to work through specialist education, clinical leadership and mentoring that helps shape best practice

Job details

Your new role:

Make a meaningful difference in the lives of people living with diabetes by providing expert clinical leadership, specialist education and high-quality, person-centred care. As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Diabetes, you will support the delivery and continuous improvement of Diabetes and Endocrinology services for both adult and paediatric patients across Bayside Health Service. You will:

• Provide advanced clinical expertise, consultancy and direct and indirect nursing care to patients living with diabetes, supporting safe, evidence-based practice and positive patient outcomes.
• Lead and deliver diabetes education for patients, families and healthcare professionals, providing specialist advice on patient assessment, care planning, contemporary insulin systems and diabetes management.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Educator and multidisciplinary team to drive clinical governance, quality improvement, clinical redesign and the implementation of best-practice guidelines and protocols.
• Champion professional development through clinical mentoring, coaching, education and research, fostering a positive learning culture and supporting excellence in diabetes care.

About you:

You are an experienced and passionate nursing professional with advanced clinical knowledge in diabetes management and a commitment to improving outcomes for patients and their families. You bring strong clinical leadership, a collaborative approach and a drive to promote contemporary, evidence-based practice. To be successful, you:

• Hold current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a relevant tertiary nursing qualification, such as a Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent.
• Possess advanced clinical knowledge and experience in diabetes assessment, education and management for both adults and children, including contemporary insulin systems, initiation and data interpretation.
• Demonstrate strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide expert clinical advice, support multidisciplinary collaboration and mentor and educate colleagues.
• Bring a commitment to evidence-based practice, continuous improvement and reflective learning, with the ability to manage complex caseloads, prioritise competing demands and contribute to improved patient outcomes.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. 

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS10694766 Role Description (PDF)