We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Diabetes Educator to join our rural healthcare team in Kerang on a 0.6 FTE temporary maternity leave cover. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in a close knit regional community by supporting individuals across all stages of diabetes management.
As a Diabetes Educator, you will provide comprehensive, evidence based education and care to people living with or at risk of diabetes, including those newly diagnosed, managing complex conditions, or experiencing gestational or pre-diabetes. You will play a vital role in empowering clients through individual consultations, structured group education sessions, and outreach initiatives within the community.
This position is ideal for a clinician who thrives in a rural setting, values continuity of care, and appreciates the ability to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues. Based in Kerang, you will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the health and wellbeing of the local population while enjoying the work life balance of a part time role in a supportive, community-based environment.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
