Diabetes Educator/Care Coordinator

• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Work for one of Australia’s leading hospital groups
• Part time - 24 hours per week - Parental Leave position until 12th September 2025

About the Role

As a Diabetes Educator you will provide diabetes specialist assessment and implement clinical management strategies in order to improve health outcomes and prevent avoidable hospital presentations for clients with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator is also responsible for secondary consult and support of other staff caring for clients with diabetes.

As a Care Coordinator, you will conduct comprehensive holistic assessments, coordinate all aspects of health and social care needs, monitor achievements of client goals, facilitate intervention from other health care professionals and ensure appropriate linkages with hospital and community services.

You will be working with clients who have multiple health issues and complex care needs that impact on safety, function, medical status and physical independence.

Service intervention is in the clients’ home and other community settings.

• Direct clinical provision of high quality and evidence-based diabetes specific assessment, intervention, education and management.
• Undertake holistic comprehensive assessments in collaboration with the client in the context of their health, functional, psychosocial, cultural, environmental and economic needs.
• Collaborative care planning and goal setting with clients, carers and/or families using motivational interviewing and self-management approaches based on addressing health and well-being needs.
• Identify and access multidisciplinary and specialist supports to address specific clients issues
• Monitor health outcomes and plan for the transition and exit from the program.

The classifications for this position is ZJ4 ($113,646 per annum, pro rata).

Your Contribution

• Current Nursing registration with AHPRA
• Post Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education (credentialed or working towards)
• Current driver’s licence
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne’s best cafes, public transport and lots of carparks
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About The Health Independence Program
This position is part of the Health Independence Program (HIP), which is comprised of four streams: Pain Management, Disability Services, Complex Care/Chronic Disease and Access, Rehab & Clinics. The intent of all HIP services is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, by delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface, reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.

This position will be in the HIP Complex Care and Chronic Disease team (CC&CD). The key aim of the CC&CD service is to improve health outcomes to people who either frequently present, or who are at risk of presenting to hospital, because of complex medical and or social issues. CC&CD currently consists of multidisciplinary teams based at SVHM Fitzroy and at NRCH Hub.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application
Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.
SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.


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