Diabetes Nurse Practitioner | Salhn

Description:

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Southern Adelaide Diabetes & Endocrine Service (SADES)
• Salary $132,177.00 - $137,771.00 (Pro Rata) RN4 | 0.4 FTE - Contract Available until September 2025 with the potential for extension and increase of FTE.

Make a Difference as a Diabetes Research Nurse Practitioner with SALHN

As a Diabetes Research Nurse Practitioner at SALHN, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional care to patients with diabetes, utilizing your expertise to develop personalized treatment plans and empowering individuals to better manage their condition. Working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, you'll have the opportunity to continuously expand your knowledge and skills, while making a tangible impact on the lives of those you serve. This challenging yet rewarding position offers a unique chance to showcase your clinical prowess, compassion, and dedication to improving health outcomes for the community.

About the role:

Reporting to the Network Direct, Southern Adelaide Diabetes and Endocrine Services and the Director of Nursing, some of your duties as the Diabetes Research Nurse Practitioner may involve:

• Contributing and supporting the clinical research trials department.
• Applying and sharing expert clinical knowledge to improve client care.
• Implementing changes local processes and practices in accordance with emerging service needs, care evaluation results, identified imminent systems problems, and coordination of local activities with corporate systems.
• Integrating contemporary information and research evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that are expected at this level. e.g. Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research.

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Authorised as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Endorsed by AHPRA.
• Credentialed as a Nurse Practitioner with LHN.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years, full-time equivalent, post-registration experience.
• Demonstrated advanced level of Nursing practice in the care and management of people with diabetes.
• Experience with quality improvement methodologies for clinical activities.
• Demonstrated ability to work as an autonomous practitioner and/or as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Damian Loades Nursing Director 0475800003 Damian.Loades@sa.gov.au.

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Monday 31st March 2025.

Attachments:

• 896291 Diabetes Nurse Practitioner - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 896291

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.