About the Role
This role provides expert clinical care, leadership, and education in the management of diabetes across inpatient and outpatient settings. The successful applicant will be expected to provide evidence-based, clinically sound, and holistic patient care in partnership with clients, their families, and other health professionals. Take an extended leadership role in coordinating nursing and healthcare within and across different care contexts to facilitate optimal health outcomes. Triage referrals, manage waitlists, and lead multidisciplinary meetings while collaborating with internal and external key stakeholders. Practice independently and interdependently with an extended scope of practice, autonomy, and decision-making, assuming accountability and responsibility for their own actions and delegation of care to registered nurses, enrolled nurses, and healthcare workers.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert clinical care, leadership, and education in diabetes management.
- Deliver evidence-based, clinically sound, and holistic patient care.
- Coordinate nursing and healthcare across different care contexts.
- Triage referrals, manage waitlists, and lead multidisciplinary meetings.
- Collaborate with internal and external key stakeholders.
- Practice with an extended scope of practice, autonomy, and decision-making.
- Delegate care to registered nurses, enrolled nurses, and healthcare workers.
Requirements
- Currently registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work within an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated evidence of integrating theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, critical thinking, and analysis.
- Demonstrated effective time management skills and ability to prioritize competing workloads.
Skills
- Clinical care
- Leadership
- Education
- Diabetes management
- Patient care
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Prioritization
Location
- Diabetes Service, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney
Work Type
- Max term contract
- Part time
- 16 hours per week
Experience Level
- Registered Nurse (Division 1)
- Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE) or working towards credentialling with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
Education Level
- Registered Nurse (Division 1)
- Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE) or working towards credentialling with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
Salary/Compensations
- $128,301.89 - $132,523.13 (pro-rata) + super
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Not-for-profit salary packaging
- Study leave
- Curran Foundation scholarships
- Fitness Passport
- Discounted private health
- Cultural recognitions and celebrations
- Smooth transfer of qualifying service and leave entitlements for NSW Health employees
About the Company
- Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.
- Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia.
- Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable.
- Features cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.
- Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, close to public transport.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
- We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.
- St Vincent's acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees.
