Clinical Nurse Lead – Integrated Team Care, Healthy Ageing

1 day ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia People Connect Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Introduction

Clinical Nurse Lead – Integrated Team Care, Healthy Ageing & Chronic Disease

Box Hill locationCompetitive salary including salary packagingOngoing Full-Time position

 

Who are we?

healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.

Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.

Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual's needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.



Why work with us?

Although our clients are at the heart of what we do and we strive to positively impact our communities and those who need it most, the wellbeing of our employees is just as important.

When joining healthAbility's supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.

healthAbility is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.



Description

The opportunity:

We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Lead to join our supportive and professional multidisciplinary team in a ongoing full time capacity.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

Lead and deliver the Integrated Team Care (ITC) program as the primary clinician, providing culturally safe, holistic, and coordinated outreach care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.Manage a complex caseload of clients experiencing multiple chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes, cancer, heart, liver, renal, and respiratory disease), often compounded by psychosocial factors, health literacy challenges, and barriers to accessing mainstream services.Provide both clinical leadership and direct nursing services within community health and Support at Home (SAH) programs.Deliver person-centred, evidence-based nursing care including:
  • Outreach clinical nursing services for support at home clients. Duties include but are not limited to: medication administration, wound management, continence management, catheter and stoma bag changes, post hospital discharge follow up and clinical reviews
  • Provide community health nursing service including but not limited to participation as a key worker/care co-ordinator in the heart health, good life cancer survivorship and other chronic disease programs.

    Skills And Experiences

Our ideal candidate:

Demonstrated leadership experience within community or primary care services (non-acute sector - minimum 3 years), including the ability to establish systems, drive service development, and lead clinical practice without pre-existing structures.Proven ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and "grey areas", exercising sound clinical judgment, initiative, and independent decision-making in complex and evolving situations.Extensive experience (minimum 7 years) in community health nursing with a proven record of delivering complex, holistic care in home and community settings including intervention-based nursing e.g. experience in wound dressing, medication administration etc.Advanced clinical competence and confidence in managing clients with multiple comorbidities, including chronic disease, mental health, and social complexity.

Please apply here by submitting a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria with your CV.  Thank you for your time and interest and please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly.

Any enquiries can be made to Magdalene Arnold, Allied Health Initiatives Lead at

See the video to hear from our employees why this opportunity is much more than a job and how healthAbility offers careers with meaning. 

This position closes on 14th of November 2025. Applications will be assessed as they are submitted so please don't delay. This ad may close sooner if a suitable applicant is found.



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