Diabetes Educator
Help people to better understand and manage diabetes.
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- What's it like to be a Diabetes Educator?
- How to become a Diabetes Educator
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- Latest Diabetes Educator jobs
- Top skills and experience for Diabetes Educators
What's it like to be a Diabetes Educator?
Diabetes Educators are registered health professionals who provide clinical advice and education to people living with, or who are at risk of developing diabetes. They are often referred patients by General Practitioners to help them self-manage their condition.
Tasks and duties
- Providing holistic advice and education about managing diabetes to people of all ages living with or at risk of developing the condition.
- Working within multidisciplinary teams of allied health professionals to create tailored patient care plans.
- Providing clinical services to people living with diabetes.
A Diabetes Educator’s role complements clinical health care with tailored advice and expertise in managing diabetes.
How to become a Diabetes Educator
You will need to be a registered health professional in order to work as a Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE) and be recognised by Medicare Australia and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Several years of experience in a recognised primary health discipline is required.
- Ensure you have up-to-date immunisations.
- Register as a health professional in a discipline that is recognised by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA). You could become a Registered Medical Practitioner such as a General Practitioner (GP), or a Registered Nurse, Midwife, Dietitian, Pharmacist, Podiatrist, Exercise Physiologist or Physiotherapist. The requirements to qualify for these roles varies, but you typically need to complete a bachelor degree and follow your chosen profession’s registration process.
- Complete a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management.
- Register with the ADEA and become a full member.
- Complete 1,000 hours of practice in diabetes education and at least 6 months of mentoring via the ADEA’s mentoring program.
- Apply to become a CDE via the ADEA. Registration must be renewed annually and may require evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
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