Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes

Clinical Nurse Consultant - Diabetes

Employment Type: Fixed term/Maternity cover from 28/12/2026 - 27/12/2027 Hours: 0.8 EFT Salary: Diabetes Education grade 4 A/B depending on experience Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital

Werribee Mercy Hospital is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Diabetes Nurse Educator to join our team for a 12 months fixed term maternity leave cover position December 2026-December 2027.

As a key member of our diverse team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and efficient diabetes education.

• Provide individualised diabetes self-management education to patients across our inpatient wards and outpatient programs.
• Be an expert clinical resource for patients and staff across Werribee Mercy Hospital
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide highly responsive and flexible service to patients and careers.

What you’ll bring:

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), holding a current practicing certificate with current AHPRA registration
• Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education
• Credentialed Diabetes Educator (CDE) with the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) OR working towards ADEA credentialing

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.