Take the next step in your nursing career with this exciting permanent part-time opportunity at Gladstone Hospital - the perfect mix of career growth and work/life balance! Join a supportive multidisciplinary team where you’ll use your advanced diabetes knowledge and clinical skills to make a difference in the lives of patients across the care continuum.

From education and preventative care to mentoring and clinical leadership, this role offers variety, challenge, and the chance to grow professionally while still enjoying flexibility and balance outside of work. Sound like your next step? Apply today!

Job details

About us:

Gladstone Hospital is a 70-bed regional facility delivering a broad range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. Our hospital provides emergency care, general medicine and surgery, basic orthopaedics, obstetrics, maternity and gynaecology services, as well as high dependency and coronary care.

Additional services include palliative care, paediatrics, medical imaging, pathology, and clinical investigation services. The hospital also supports the community through Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Services, oral health, physiotherapy, dietetics, speech pathology, and a range of outreach and community-based programs.

About the role:

• Utilise specialised knowledge, clinical expertise, and advanced practice skills to support the comprehensive clinical management of patients with diabetes.
• Apply advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning, care planning, and problem-solving skills to effectively manage individuals with diabetes across the care continuum.
• Integrate the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) guidelines and contemporary best evidence into clinical decision-making, education, and care delivery to achieve positive and sustainable health outcomes.
• Provide clinical leadership through mentoring, coaching, and role modelling professional behaviours. Support capability development within the team and foster a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive multidisciplinary environment.

About you:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and a current annual practising certificate are mandatory for this position.
• Demonstrated broad knowledge of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, expressing key actions a portfolio team could undertake to achieve and sustain these care standards.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical evidence-based skill and knowledge and interdisciplinary care and management of gestational, type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development of self and others, identify strategy and experiences that evidence this.
• Demonstrated leadership capability through knowledge of team engagement, decision making frameworks and risk mitigation strategy applicable to the coordination of safe, effective and efficient care.

What we offer:

Total remuneration value of up to $36,205 p.a. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $57.48 - $61.55 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits:

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) GL6E683402

Applications close: Tuesday, 2 May 2026

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Further information

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Documents

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

• GL6E683402 - Clinical Nurse (Diabetes Education) (PDF)
  
  Information for Applicants (PDF)