Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, 22 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $68.50 - $69.86 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ623985
Application Close Date: 14/12/2025
Interview Date Range: 17/12/2025 – 24/12/2025
Contact Details: Nada Vujasin - 0459 817 160 | Nada.Vujasin@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
SWSLHD – Direct Access Colonoscopy is seeking a passionate team member to support and guide patients as they book their colonoscopy following a positive bowel cancer screening test. Be part of a dynamic team driving early detection and better health outcomes.
Where You'll Be Working
Liverpool Hospital, founded in 1813, is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of state-wide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
The Hospital provides a health service of international standing, with 23 operating theatres, capacity for 877 beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
Liverpool Hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. The $790 million Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct (LHAP) project will provide enhanced facilities and an increased capacity to meet future significant population growth for South Western Sydney.
Liverpool Hospital is a principal referral and teaching Hospital of the UNSW Sydney and the Western Sydney University and also welcome students from over 20 universities and colleges.
Located in the heart of Liverpool City, the hospital is close to public transport, shopping centres and eateries.
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 Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of the employees specified post-graduate qualification, or such other qualifications or equivalent experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation.
- How do you ensure that care for patients undergoing colonoscopy is safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive? Can you share an example where you adapted your approach to meet a patient’s cultural or individual needs?
- Describe a time when you had to engage with a patient and their carers, as well as the multidisciplinary team, to address a complex care need. How did you ensure effective communication and responsiveness?
- Give an example of how you used critical thinking to identify a risk or quality improvement opportunity in your clinical practice. What actions did you take, and what was the outcome?
- Can you describe a time when you had to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced clinical environment? How did you prioritise your workload to keep the patient flow running smoothly?
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
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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 secure 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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