SA Health
Job reference: 939279
Location: 5168 - NOARLUNGA CENTRE
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join our Diabetes Services Team

Be accountable for delivering culturally appropriate, equitable, comprehensive, high quality and contemporary focused diabetes nursing services.

About the role: 

As a member of a multidisciplinary team, the Nurse Consultant is accountable for delivering culturally appropriate, equitable, comprehensive, high quality and contemporary focused diabetes nursing services for patients in the Out of Hospital (OOH) Diabetes Service within the Division of Medicine, Cardiac and Critical Care Services (MCCC).  

Duties for the role will include:

• Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that is expected at this level e.g. Expert clinical knowledge underpins and informs their ability to support, lead and/or provide expert clinical care to improve and optimise nursing/midwifery care. 
• Providing clinical expertise to support health services with regard to timely patient flow creating capacity within metropolitan hospitals.
• Hold a contemporary professional practice portfolio containing evidence of postgraduate qualifications, learning and practice experience that underpin a demonstrable application of knowledge and skills commensurate with the level and type of practice expected of the role. 
• Contribute specific expertise to monitor and evaluate research activities in order to improve nursing or midwifery practice and service delivery. 
• Provides leadership and direction, acts a role model, mentor, consultant and resource person. 

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated competence in diabetes education and management for people with Type 1 & 2 diabetes in accordance with the relevant standards, including group facilitation skills and planning, managing and evaluating Diabetes Education programs.
• Employees classified at this level are experts within their area and stream of practice and have a significant degree of autonomy and decision making.  
• Leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and or midwives.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Nicole Porter, Advance Nurse Unit Manager OOH Diabetes, (08) 7425 8200 Option 1, Nicole.Porter@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 24 May 2026

Attachments:

• Nurse Consultant - Diabetes Educator Role Description
• 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: 939279

Applications close: 24/05/2026 11:55 PM

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.