The Canberra Health Service (CHS) Diabetes Service is an interprofessional team comprising medical, nursing and allied health professionals. The service provides a coordinated and integrated service between the Canberra Hospital and various community-based locations within the ACT. Clients seen include adolescents and adults with diabetes and women with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy (HIP).

This nursing role requires the ability to provide appropriate skilled clinical assessment and intervention for clients with diabetes across CHS Health Campuses.

The Diabetes Nurse will be responsible professionally to the Senior Nurse Lead Diabetes.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Under the direction of the Senior Nurse Lead of the Diabetes Services you will perform the role of a credentialled diabetes nurse educator.

• Provide a high level appropriate skilled nursing clinical assessment and intervention for clients with diabetes across CHS Diabetes Services.
• Contribute to the multidisciplinary team approach including the implementation of best practice and evidence-based models.
• Coordinate and participate in the development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of quality diabetes nursing programs to clients at risk of and who have diabetes.
• Under professional supervision, participate in and/or implement and coordinate quality improvement programs, clinical policies, protocols and research programs.
• Be a role model, mentor, advocate, clinical teacher, resource and support person for diabetes nursing staff/students and other health professionals.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to this level of classification which contribute to the operation of the organisation.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

• Highly motivated with strong organisational and time management skills
• Capacity to contribute to a positive, strong and cohesive interprofessional culture
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage changes in demand
• Personal and professional integrity

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• Tertiary Qualification in nursing
• Post-graduate qualifications from a university or tertiary institution in Diabetes Education. Is an Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) credentialed diabetes educator.
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Desirable

• Have an understanding of how the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) indicators align with this role.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

Essential

• A minimum 4 years’ work experience in a nursing
• Experience or knowledge of the CHS Exceptional Care Framework, Clinical Governance Framework, and all other related frameworks.

Desirable

• Prior experience in diabetes education and management will be highly desirable.

Appointment to this position is conditional on being granted and retaining appropriate clearances.

• Pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

All employees are required to:

• adhere to the Canberra Health Services Values and the ACT Public Service Code of Conduct
• act in accordance and comply with all relevant Safety and Quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with all relevant clinical and/or competency standards.

CHS is leading the drive to digitally transform health service delivery in Australia through the implementation of a territory wide Digital Health Record. Computer literacy skills are required which are relevant to this role as you will be responsible for completing required documentation and becoming a proficient user of the Digital Health Record and/or other Information Technology systems; once proficient, you will need to remain current with changes, updates, and contingencies.

These are the key selection criteria for how you will be assessed in conjunction with your resumé and experience.

1. Proven competence in developing, implementing and evaluating diabetes self-management education programs for people with diabetes of varying complexity (whilst utilising the nursing process) in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. Demonstrated problem solving skills and a proven ability to coordinate and support complex diabetes patient care within a multidisciplinary setting.
3. Effective high level interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated ability to liaise and foster positive relationships with all stakeholders in patient care, with a focus to achieve agreed health outcomes.
4. Articulate and demonstrate capability to initiate, implement, embed and evaluate quality improvement, accreditation and research projects which contribute to improved knowledge, practice and care relevant to clients with diabetes.
5. Demonstrates understanding of, and adherence to, safety and quality standards, Work Health and Safety and the positive patient experience. Displays behavior consistent with CHS’s values of reliable, progressive, respectful, and kind.

The following work environment description outlines the inherent requirements of the role and indicates how frequently each of these requirements would need to be performed. Please note that the ACT Public Service is committed to providing reasonable adjustments and ensuring all individuals have equal opportunities in the workplace.

Administrative	Frequency
Telephone use	Frequently
General computer use	Frequently
Extensive keying/data entry	Occasionally
Graphical/analytical based	Occasionally
Sitting at a desk	Frequently
Standing for long periods	Occasionally

Travel	Frequency
Frequent travel – multiple work sites	Occasionally
Frequent travel – driving	Occasionally

Physical demands	Frequency
Distance walking (large buildings or inter-building transit)	Frequently
Working outdoors	Never

Psychosocial demands	Frequency
Distressed People e.g. Emergency or grief situations	Occasionally
Aggressive & Uncooperative People e.g. drug / alcohol, dementia, mental illness	Occasionally
Unpredictable People e.g. Dementia, mental illness, head injuries	Occasionally
Restraining e.g. involvement in physical containment of clients/consumers	Never
Exposure to Distressing Situations e.g. Child abuse, viewing dead / mutilated bodies; verbal abuse; domestic violence; suicide	Occasionally

Specific hazards	Frequency
Working at heights	Never
Exposure to extreme temperatures	Never
Operation of heavy machinery e.g. forklift	Never
Confined spaces	Occasionally
Excessive noise	Occasionally
Low lighting	Occasionally
Handling of dangerous goods/equipment e.g. gases; liquids; biological.	Occasionally
Slippery or uneven surfaces	Occasionally

Manual handling	Frequency
Lifting 0 – 9kg	Occasionally
Lifting 10 – 15kg	Never
Lifting 16kg+	Never
Climbing	Occasionally
Running	Occasionally
Reaching	Occasionally
Kneeling	Occasionally
Foot and leg movement	Occasionally
Hand, arm and grasping movements	Occasionally
Bending/squatting	Occasionally
Bend/Lean Forward from Waist/Trunk twisting	Occasionally
Push/pull	Occasionally
Sequential repetitive movements in a short amount of time	Occasionally