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Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes
Cleveland
Shape Better Outcomes in Chronic Disease Care!
Join Metro South Health as a temporary full-time Clinical Nurse Consultant – Diabetes Unit and provide advanced clinical leadership, education and specialist diabetes care within a multidisciplinary community-based chronic disease team focused on improving patient outcomes and reducing hospital admissions.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS06684694 |
| Closing date | 18-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | 31/8/26 to 1/11/26 |
| Contact person | Roisine Warwick |
| Contact details | (07) 3488 4276 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Diabetes Unit, you will provide advanced clinical expertise, leadership and consultancy in diabetes education and management across community and home-based healthcare settings. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering safe, evidence-based and person-centred care to patients with complex chronic disease needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver advanced clinical diabetes nursing care, assessment, education and care coordination across the continuum of care.
- Provide clinical leadership, mentorship and specialist consultancy to nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
- Lead quality improvement, evidence-based practice and service development initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.
- Support hospital avoidance strategies through community-based chronic disease management and patient education.
About you:
You are a compassionate and experienced nursing professional with advanced diabetes nursing knowledge and a strong commitment to person-centred care.
You Will Bring
- Advanced clinical experience and expertise in diabetes nursing practice and chronic disease management.
- Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills within multidisciplinary healthcare environments.
- Proven ability to apply evidence-based practice, clinical governance and quality improvement principles.
- Commitment to education, mentoring and continuous professional development.
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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.
About Community and Oral Health Services:
Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.
We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.
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.
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