Diabetes Educator
What the work is
Provides advice and delivers clinical diabetes education to people living with or at risk of developing diabetes.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Provides advice and education on the management of diabetes and diabetes-related complications
- Advises patients on proper use, safety and side effects of diabetes medication
- Educates patients on blood glucose monitoring
- Provides lifestyle and dietary modification advice to help support diabetes management
- Works collaboratively with other Health Professionals to implement strategies to prevent negative outcomes from diabetes
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a hearing clinic with a soundproof testing booth, in a suburban medical centre. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A man hears his granddaughter's voice clearly for the first time in years
- A baby's screening result is checked, and a family gets answers early
- A client who dreaded the first appointment books their next one with a smile
Hard days
- Someone who has been sent in by their family and does not believe there is a problem
- Trying to explain a result to a person who is upset about it
- A day of testing in a small quiet booth, with the same instructions repeated again and again
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 263933, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.