Clinical Nurse Consultant

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hrs per week

Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2

Remuneration:$131, $134,500.70 per annum

Requisition ID: REQ602613

Application Close Date: 14/09/2025

Interview Date Range: 17/09/2025 – 24/09/2025

Contact Details:Sarah Massey

Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this position

About the Opportunity

Are you a highly skilled and passionate Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your career? Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant to join our Emergency Department—a dynamic, high-performing unit that serves both adult and paediatric populations in South West Sydney. With approximately 58,000 presentations annually, our ED is a cornerstone of care for a diverse and growing community of over 200,000 people.

This is an exciting time to join our team, as we prepare for the opening of a brand-new, purpose-built hospital in Bankstown city centre. The new facility will feature expanded emergency services, operating theatres, ICUs, maternity and mental health services, and more—designed to support cutting-edge care and innovation. As a Clinical Nurse Consultant, you'll play a pivotal role in clinical leadership, education, and quality improvement, supported by a strong senior nurse education team and a collaborative workplace culture. If you're ready to make a lasting impact in emergency nursing and help shape the future of healthcare in our region, we encourage you to apply today.

What You'll be Doing

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is an expert practitioner who, through leadership facilitates evidence based practice. The CNC will promote a service which fosters clinical excellence, research and professional leadership. The CNC contributes to quality health care by collaborating with the health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes. The CNC is responsible for providing services which facilitate effective management of the care in the given specialty.

Where You'll Be Working

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.

The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.

Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.

Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

• Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in the specialty field. In addition, the employee must have approved postgraduate nursing/midwifery qualifications relevant to the field in which the employee is appointed, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation
• Describe a time when you provided clinical leadership that led to improved patient outcomes or enhanced clinical practice within an emergency department. What strategies did you use to influence and support your team?
• How do you ensure that communication barriers, cultural differences, or hierarchies do not hinder effective collaboration and understanding among members of the multidisciplinary team?
• How have you actively participated in risk management, work health and safety, and quality improvement initiatives within your workplace? Can you provide an instance where your contributions positively impacted patient care or workplace processes?

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Additional Information

Salary Packaging

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness

South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

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

At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people's rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.

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