Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes

Fixed Term Full Time until December 2026 | 40 hours per week with monthly ADO (Part time hours also available)

About the Role

Grampians Health Ballarat is seeking a Diabetes Educator to join the team at our Ballarat Campus. As the Diabetes Educator you will provide safe, effective, person-centred clinical care to people affected by diabetes. The care provided will be based on the best available evidence, incorporating principles of teaching, and learning. You will apply your specialised knowledge and skills to promote optimal health and wellbeing and efficiently manage referrals to ensure our clients and consumers can access the care they need in a timely way.  

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist diabetes services, including educational services and therapeutic direct and indirect clinical care.
• Work collaboratively to deliver person centred, clinical care to service users.
• Maintain advanced clinical skills and knowledge within clinical speciality, demonstrating strong clinical leadership, and acting as a role model within speciality.
• Act as a clinical advisory resource and develop activities and projects within clinical discipline to participate in and contribute to research.
• Work within the scope of practice of primary discipline and in accordance with the Australian Diabetes Educators (ADEA) Role and Scope of Practice for Credentialled Diabetes Educators in Australia.
• Support departmental and organisational initiatives and activities requiring specialist intervention, including education and training of healthcare professionals across several multidisciplinary teams.

Skills & Experience

• Holds a current Registered Nurse Division 1 registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Postgraduate qualification in Diabetes Education
• Membership with specific speciality association and/or nursing professional body and current ADEA Credentialling.
• Demonstrated ability to consult and collaborate with others
• Proven leadership within the healthcare workforce

This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2028.

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here.
 

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Catherine Heywood, Director Ambulatory Care Cancer Services & Outpatient Clinics & Patient Experience, on 0472765990 for a confidential discussion. 

Job applications close: 01 January 2026.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet before applying.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.