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Valerie Edge CN CDE

Val graduated in nursing from Deakin University in 1989 and after a graduate nurse year at Monash Medical Centre then worked as an oncology nurse/manager and case manager in various public and private hospitals in Melbourne over the next 10 years. During this time she completed a Graduate Diploma in Cancer Nursing and Palliative Care at La Trobe University and also a Graduate Diploma in Case Manager at The University of Melbourne. The next few years involved starting a family and working part time in a family business and on nurse bank at Peter McCallum Hospital.
 
Since 2008, Val has worked at Wingrove Medical Clinic in Fairfield as a practice nurse and diabetes educator. This role includes working two days providing diabetes education/chronic disease management and two days in the treatment room providing a range of nursing services.  Some of these years at Wingrove Medical Clinic have also involved a part time role elsewhere, first as a member of the diabetes HARP team at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and then at Reservoir Medical Group providing diabetes education. Val is a credentialled diabetes educator and accredited nurse immuniser, having completed a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education at Deakin University and the Understanding Vaccines and the National Immunisation Program provided by South Australia Health. Most recently, Val has completed a Masters in Advanced Nursing Practice (NP) at the University of Melbourne, focusing on management of people with 
type 2 diabetes in primary care.
 

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