Clinical Nurse Consultant, Palliative Care Navigator Service

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Nurse Consultant to join our innovative Virtual Care Service. This role supports coordinated, patient-centred palliative care through expert advice, care planning, and pathway development.

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 30 June 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 2)
Remuneration: $ $67.83 per hour
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ578522

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

Virtual Care Service, Douglas Building RNSH

What you'll be doing
This pivotal role involves providing comprehensive care planning and coordination for patients and carers, liaising with both community and in-patient palliative services. This position is to offer expert clinical advice to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, develop and implement effective care plans, and organise referrals while collating clinical information. Additionally, this role is to develop clinical pathways to optimise service delivery and innovate best practice models of care tailored to the patient journey. Working collaboratively with the Supportive and Palliative Care Network, the incumbent will act as a change agent to promote practice development and quality initiatives, ultimately enhancing the patient, staff, and referrer experience.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

1. Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
2. Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) who has a minimum of 5 years full time post graduate experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in Palliative Care Nursing. In addition, the applicant must have an approved post graduate qualification (minimum Grad Diploma/Certificate level) or evidence of working towards Masters level qualification, relevant to Palliative Care Nursing.
3. Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
4. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and contribute nursing expertise to the improvement of care within a multidisciplinary care team.
5. Demonstrated experience utilising knowledge and advanced nursing skills in the assessment, care planning and provision of safe clinical care for patients with needs related to Palliative Care.
6. Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement through the use of evidence to evaluate care and implement change. Demonstrated advanced ability to assess, plan, initiate and manage complex cases.

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This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the

OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

Applications Close: 6 June 2025

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