Clinical Nurse (Diabetes)

Make the move. Make a difference.

Check another kind of temperature.

Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with Integrated Medicine, Child & Youth Services as Clinical Nurse (Diabetes). The Clinical Nurse is required to deliver assessment, education and self-management programmes at an advanced level to individuals with diabetes and their families or carers.

About us:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west. The Diabetes Centre is the major specialist referral and resource centre in Far North Queensland and provides diabetes services to the Torres, Cape, and Cairns and Hinterland Health Service areas.  The team provides both in reach services to Cairns Hospital and outreach or telehealth services to the Cairns Hinterland Hospital Health Service (CHHHS) and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS).

About you:

• Effectively manage self-development and work with the Team Leader/Nurse Unit Manager/Clinical Nurse Educator to meet unit nursing staff development needs.
• Undertake quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities to ensure the provision of quality, cost-effective patient care. Specifically auditing of patient records against identified performance indicators and clinical Indicators.
• Provide support and leadership in the provision of Diabetes Education and care in line with evidence-based practice, Chronic Disease Strategy, Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy, Australian Diabetes Society and Australian Diabetes Educators Association Standards.
• Comply with ADEA Credentialling and Recredentialling requirements.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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