Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2

Overview

Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 - Pain Management

Location: Broken Hill, NSW. 38 hours per week. Permanent Full Time. Remuneration: $131, $134, Superannuation.

Requisition ID: REQ602256

Applications close: 10 September 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership, clinical advice, consultancy services, care planning, and education to health care professionals, patients and families in pain management.
• Deliver high quality service as a member of the multidisciplinary team in pain management, covering chronic and acute pain (pre-operative, post-operative, procedural, trauma and disease-related pain), predominantly within perioperative and inpatient settings.
• Act as a resource to other health care professionals and services to enhance capability, knowledge and delivery of pain management services including pain assessment and management strategies.
• Develop specialised education resources for pain management for patients and their families.

Qualifications and Experience

• Current Authority to Practise as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). At least 5 years full-time equivalent post-registration clinical experience including 3 years in the specialty and relevant postgraduate qualifications.
• Demonstrated effective communication, including verbal and written skills, interpersonal ability, negotiation and conflict resolution, and advanced information technology skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, prioritising and managing workload.
• Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement, practice development and evidence-based practice.
• Extensive clinical expertise and leadership in chronic and acute pain management.
• Ability to identify education needs and develop education plans and resource material for patients/clients and health care professionals.
• Current NSW driver's license with the ability to drive for work purposes including occasional long distances and overnight stays.

Incentives and Benefits

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
• Salary packaging with up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal and entertainment
• Novated leasing
• A paid allocated day off (ADO) every month
• Learning and development support with access to further education and training
• Corporate rates at local gym (YMCA)
• Fitness passport
• Quality of life benefits in Broken Hill with access to local cuisine, wine and scenery

About Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse, with over 800 clinicians and support staff across 9 health facilities in Broken Hill and surrounding towns.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please thoroughly address the selection criteria in your application:

• Current Authority to Practise as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA. At least 5 years full-time equivalent post-registration clinical experience including 3 years in the specialty and postgraduate qualifications relevant to the specialty.
• Demonstrated effective communication, including verbal, written, interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate resolutions and manage conflict, and advanced information technology skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively both independently and within a multidisciplinary health care team, prioritising and managing workload.
• Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement, practice development and evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrated extensive clinical expertise and clinical leadership in chronic and acute pain management.
• Demonstrated ability to identify education needs and develop education plans and resource material for patients/clients and health care professionals.
• Current licence to drive in NSW with ability to drive for work purposes including occasional long distances and overnight stays.

Additional Information

Welcome experience and Aboriginal employment resources are available. For more information visit NSW Health Welcome Experience and Stepping Up resources. When applying, you may contact Tracey Johnson at with any role-related questions.

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