(Pediatric) Diabetes Nurse in Training

• A post-HBO training program to become a diabetes nurse at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.
• A direct link between theory and practice within pediatric diabetes care.
• Intensive guidance from experienced colleagues throughout the entire training process.
• Working with both the medical and socio-emotional aspects of diabetes care.
• Gaining experience with modern diabetes technology, such as insulin pumps and sensors.
• Working within a regional treatment center, with increasing collaboration between pediatric and adult care and attention to setting up and further developing the ADO clinic.

As a pediatric diabetes nurse in training, you provide outpatient care to children and adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus. You guide children and their parents from the moment of diagnosis and support them in managing diabetes in daily life.

You work closely with the various disciplines within the treatment team. During the training, you will participate in consultation hours at our outpatient clinic. In the beginning, you will work under intensive guidance, and throughout the process, you will gain increasing independence.

You will also become acquainted with the technical side of diabetes care, including working with insulin pumps and sensors.

The training

The training to become a diabetes nurse consists of a theoretical part and a practice-oriented part.

You follow the theoretical part at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences via the post-bachelor program Diabetes Nurse. The training consists of approximately 40 lecture days, divided into eight modules. Simultaneously, you work at Diabetes Centraal, so that you can apply what you learn directly in practice.

The training is structured as follows:

• Start training: September 2027
• Lecture day: Wednesday
• Study load: approximately 15 to 20 hours per week, including the lecture day
• One lecture day per week and two working days per week at Diabetes Centraal
• During school holidays, three working days per week within the center

In consultation, you can start with a preparatory period at Diabetes Centraal prior to the training. This allows you to get acquainted with outpatient work, the team, and the field of Diabetes Mellitus.

Diabetes Centraal is a regional treatment center for children and adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus in Central Netherlands. The center has existed since 2015 and originated from a collaboration between the St. Antonius Hospital, Diakonessenhuis, UMC Utrecht/Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and Ziekenhuis Rivierenland. Since 2018, we have also collaborated with the Prinses Máxima Centrum.

From our location in the St. Antonius Hospital in Utrecht, we primarily offer regular care to children and adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus type 1.

In addition, we are collaborating more and more intensively with adult care. An important part of this is setting up and further developing the ADO clinic, with attention to a smooth transition from pediatric to adult care.

The pediatric diabetes team consists of pediatricians, ANIOS, pediatric diabetes nurses, medical assistants, dietitians, and child and youth psychologists. Academic pediatric diabetes care within the WKZ and Prinses Máxima Centrum is supported by permanent diabetes nurses from Diabetes Centraal.

• A salary between € 3,463 - € 4,914 gross per month (FWG scale 50 Hospital Collective Labor Agreement), based on 36 hours per week. We will tailor your salary to your training and work experience.
• A learning-work agreement of 24 to 28 hours per week.
• 8.33% end-of-year bonus in December and 8.33% holiday allowance.
• A pension scheme with PFZW, in which St. Antonius pays 50% of the pension premium.
• Annually 57 hours Personal Life Stage Budget based on a 36-hour work week, which you can use in a way that suits your life stage.
• Tax benefits via our Flexible Benefits System. With this, you can use part of your gross salary for, for example, a bicycle, fitness and sports, study costs, extra travel expenses, or a device.
• Plenty of room to develop professionally and personally via our extensive learning platform with live training and e-learnings.
• Through Epassi, Benefits at Work, and Tickets for Good, you get access to activities, workshops, events, and cultural outings, often for only the administrative costs.

A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is mandatory for all positions within the St. Antonius Hospital.

You want to further develop within pediatric diabetes care and find it interesting to guide children, adolescents, and their parents through both the practical and socio-emotional consequences of diabetes.

You can explain information clearly and tailor it to what a child, adolescent, or parent needs. You are also able to work independently, collaborate with different disciplines, and set priorities when various care and learning tasks occur simultaneously.

Additionally, you have an interest in technical diabetes care, such as insulin pumps and sensors.

For this training position, you possess:

• an MBO or HBO diploma in Nursing;
• a valid BIG registration;
• HBO (higher professional education) working and thinking level;
• at least one year of work experience as a nurse.

A completed training as a pediatric nurse is welcome, but not a requirement.

For BIG-registered nurses with an MBO diploma in Nursing and without further nursing training, an intake interview will take place at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences prior to the training.

At St. Antonius, you work on (highly) complex care with your heart in the right place. We are a top-clinical teaching hospital where patient care, education, and research go hand in hand. Thanks to our size, we make a real impact, but remain agile and personal.

Our clinical priorities are heart & vascular, lungs, and cancer. Additionally, we are one of the leaders in the Netherlands in the field of value-based care. This means that we do not only look at what is medically possible, but especially at what truly makes a difference for the individual patient. By structurally measuring the most important outcomes and learning together, also with the other Santeon hospitals, we make care a little bit better every day. With us, every employee, including you, makes a difference for the patient.

Do you want to specialize in diabetes care for children and adolescents and develop yourself within a regional treatment center? Then we would love to meet you.

Would you like to know more about the training or working at Diabetes Centraal first? Please contact Anneke Klok, team lead Diabetes Centraal, via 088 320 63 19.

You can apply up to and including November 20, 2026 via the application button.

A reference check is part of the selection procedure.