Clinical Nurse Consultant, Tissue Viability

Make a new start in your career and life. Join a welcoming, supportive healthcare community, with professional development opportunities + more

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Gde 3

Remuneration: $143, $146,522.64 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ620110

Applications Close: 26 November 2026

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) Tissue Viability provides an advanced level wound assessment and management service as an expert in the specialty field and facilitates linkages and relationships with network hospitals (and affiliated services), nurses and medical officers (in the acute and community settings) to support the management of patients with acute, chronic and complex wounds.

The CNC is responsible for the provision of expert clinical advice, coordination, leadership and consultancy services within the wound assessment and management service and target populations within the designated network.

Responsibilities include:

• Development, implementation and evaluation of care management plans for patients with complex health needs.
• Providing leadership in the ongoing development of clinical practice.
• Initiating and utilising findings of research in the provision of clinical services.
• Contributing to the development and delivery of specialty related education programs
• Participating in formal processes for the strategic and operational planning for the clinical service

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.

NNNSWLHD 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

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).

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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