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Diabetes Educator / Care Coordinator

St Vincent's Health Australia
  • Fitzroy location
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Company

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent's Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,000 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About Department

This position is part of the Health Independence Program (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow, through 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.

SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy, Kew, North Richmond and Fairfield.

This position will be part of the HIP Complex Care Services (CCS) Chronic Disease team based in the first instance at the Fitzroy site. This position may be required to work at any of the HIP hub sites or programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.

The key aim of Chronic Disease 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. CCS currently consists of multidisciplinary teams based at SVHM Fitzroy and at NRCH Hub. Clinical service delivery is undertaken in the clients' own home and their local community.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH).

About the Role

An opportunity currently exists for a Registered Nurse to join the Complex Care - Chronic Disease team on a permanent, part-time basis - 0.6FTE.

The HIP Diabetes Educator (CNC) provides diabetes specialist assessment and implements clinical management strategies in order to improve health outcomes and prevent avoidable hospital presentations for clients with diabetes.

Clinical management optimizes clients' self-management skills through a collaborative care coordination approach, and will integrate traditional hospital-based health care services and primary health care. In addition to specialist diabetes management, comprehensive holistic health assessments, care coordination and supporting clients' to improve their self-management of chronic/complex care needs is essential to the role. The Diabetes CNC is responsible for ensuring that the program continues to provide high quality, evidence-based clinical services that lead to improved health outcomes for clients.

Classifications for this position will range from Registered Nurse Grade 4B ZJ4 - ZJ7 ($104,000 per annum).

Duties

  • Direct clinical provision of high quality and evidence-based diabetes nursing-specific assessment, intervention, education and management.
  • Provide diabetes assessment and intervention for clients and secondary consultations to staff across HIP sites.
  • Undertake comprehensive holistic health assessments and care planning to support clients' to improve their self-management of chronic/complex care needs.
  • Work collaboratively with a wide range of health professionals to facilitate the achievement of health and well-being outcomes.
  • Demonstrate accountability to HIP through professional communication, active participation, information sharing, evaluation, statistical/data collection and analysis.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

  • Current nursing registration with AHPRA.
  • Postgraduate certificate in diabetes education.
  • Advanced assessment and clinical management skills in diabetes.
  • Effective communication skills (including verbal, written and skills in adapting communication styles to suit clients, families and/or carers, other service providers and colleagues).
  • Current Victorian drivers licence.

Benefits

  • Salary packaging
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Staff Car Park

How to apply

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