Aboriginal Child

Aboriginal Child & Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Empower Aboriginal families through culturally safe care.

Lead and mentor in Aboriginal child and family health.

Join a passionate, community-focused nursing team.

Lead with heart and expertise - deliver culturally responsive, evidence-based care to empower Aboriginal families and strengthen early childhood wellbeing.

Employment Information

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2

Remuneration: $116,639.98 - $120,469.88 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Location: Mount Druitt Hospital

Where you'll be working

At Mount Druitt Hospital, you’ll be part of a vibrant, community‑minded team dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal families across Western Sydney. Working within the Aboriginal Maternal & Child Health Program, you’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers, babies, and young children from birth to school age.

Part of a dynamic Aboriginal Health Services team delivering community‑based care.

Collaborative, supportive, and culturally safe environment.

Strong partnerships with Aboriginal communities and families.

Focused on empowering families and improving early childhood outcomes.

Commitment to professional growth, development, and cultural learning.

What you'll be doing

As the Aboriginal Child & Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal leadership role in delivering culturally safe, high‑quality child and family health services to Aboriginal families with children aged 0–5 years. Using your advanced clinical skills, you’ll provide guidance, mentorship, and support to staff while ensuring best practice care across the service.

- Deliver advanced, evidence‑based clinical care to Aboriginal families and children.

- Provide mentorship and specialist leadership in Aboriginal Child & Family Health Nursing.

- Partner with families to build resilience, confidence, and protective factors.

- Strengthen community connections and promote culturally safe service delivery.

- Contribute to quality improvement, education, and service development initiatives.

How to Apply

Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria

- License: Class C Driver’s Licence.

- Qualification: Postgraduate qualification in Child and Family Health Nursing.

- Registration: Current enrolment with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse Division 1.

Selection Criteria

- This is an Identified Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Position. Applicants for this position must be of Aboriginal descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such.

- Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) plus post graduate qualifications relevant to the specialty of Child & Family Health & or equivalent, and at least 3 years full‑time equivalent clinical experience in the specialty or other such qualifications deemed appropriate by WSLHD.

- Demonstrated understanding of issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families and evidence of post‑registration experience working with families and young children, including experience working with families from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively both independently and as part of the multidisciplinary health care team.

- Demonstrated clinical expertise, and the ability to lead and foster innovation to enhance care provision within Aboriginal Child & Family Health and the ability to provide complex care and advanced clinical skills in care planning and service provision for families with children aged 0 to 5 years.

- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership including education and quality improvement within the specialty of Aboriginal Child & Family Health.

- Demonstrated effective communication including verbal, written and interpersonal skills and information technology skills.

Requisition ID

REQ618368

Applications Close

20th November 2025

Need more information?

Find out more about applying for this position.

This is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Identified position. Please see essential criteria. An applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification for this role and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, NSW. Please include some information about your Aboriginal Australian / Torres Strait Islander identity in the cover letter of your application. If offered an interview you can expand on this information at the interview itself in response to questions from an Aboriginal panel member.

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

#J-18808-Ljbffr