Clinical Nurse Consultant, Specialist Palliative Care

7 days ago


Cudgen New South Wales, Australia Northern NSW Local Health District Full time $126,000 - $129,314 per year

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Employment Type
: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification
: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1

Remuneration
: $126, $129,314.15 per annum

Hours Per Week
: 38

Requisition ID
: REQ601982

About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC1) Palliative Care to provide an advanced level of clinical nursing support and advice for newly recruited clinical staff, to assist with the management of increased activity and variance in skill mix.

Working with members of the palliative care nursing team across the inpatient and community settings, providing a consultative and liaison focussed service aimed at supporting GPs, Community Nurses and the Residential Aged Care Facilities in the assessment, care and management of patients with life limiting illnesses.

Providing clinical leadership and facilitating a coordinated, high quality palliative care service to the local community, with a case coordination model that involves generalist community nurses in providing direct clinical care. Providing a multidisciplinary approach, with an end goal of improving quality of life for those patients and their carers.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)
We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care.
Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

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Join Our Team And You'll Enjoy

  • Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
  • Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
  • Growth – access to professional and personal development
  • Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
  • Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

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Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day

Applications Close: 7 October 2025
NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions

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