Clinical Nurse Specialist Paediatric Diabetes
This is an exciting opportunity to join the multidisciplinary Paediatric Diabetes service at Royal North Shore Hospital. You will be working within a dynamic and progressive team who provides support for children with diabetes and their families.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $57.11 - $58.99 per hour
Hours Per Week: 20
Requisition ID: REQ560333
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Royal North Shore Hospital
What you'll be doing
You will join the experienced team of Diabetes Nurse Educators, 4 Staff Specialist Paediatric Endocrinologists, Doctors specialising in Paediatrics/Paediatric Endocrinology, a Senior Dietitian and Clinical Psychologist. We provide multidisciplinary family centred care for approximately 250 children and adolescents from the neonatal period to eighteen years of age with diabetes mellitus. The Department has excellent uptake of Advanced Diabetes Technologies and is committed to research and good clinical outcomes.
You will be supported by our team to develop your inpatient and outpatient diabetes management skills, and provide support for ongoing education, research projects and conference attendance.
We work closely with other departments within health including the Young Adult Clinics, The Child Youth Mental Health teams and the inpatient service on children’s ward at Royal North Shore (RNS) hospital. This role will also provide the opportunity for education of school and pre-school personnel, and ward nursing staff with the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD).
The successful candidate will be motivated, caring, and a critical thinker who is committed to their ongoing professional development. They will have a sound understanding of family-centred care, developmentally appropriate communication, and psychosocial challenges who can advocate for young people with diabetes and families caring for a child with chronic disease. They will have excellent written and spoken communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Division 1 Registered Nurse with post registration qualification relevant to speciality and at least 3 years experience working in the clinical area of their post graduate qualification.
- Relevant post-graduate qualification or experience working in the areas of diabetes or paediatrics.
- Evidence of ability to develop, implement and evaluate education in diabetes for patients, carers, staff and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to provide evidence-based clinical practice and quality improvement.
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For role related queries or questions contact Shihab Hameed on Shihab.Hameed@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 2 April 2025
