**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time until 2 March 2026
**Location**:Location Negotiable within Southern NSW Local Health District
**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2 or Registered Nurse
**Remuneration**: Dependent on the qualifications
**Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2 Remuneration**: $57.11 - $58.99 per hour
**Registered Nurse Remuneration**: $36.39 - $51.09 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ602028
**Application Close**:**14 September 2025
**Interviews Details**:Interviews will be scheduled within 10 days of closing date
Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here -We are Southern.
At Southern NSW Local Health District, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact the hiring manager - Paula Spokes should you require assistance.
**What we offer**
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 12% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading
**Where you'll be working**
The Community Care Tuberculosis Care Coordinator is part of a Multidisciplinary Team with a LHD wide focus on Tuberculosis treatment, prevention and refugee health. The role is responsible for the provision of services related to the prevention, control, detection, surveillance, education, and treatment of tuberculosis and is a LHD wide position providing clinics at Queanbeyan and Goulburn and supporting other communities in the region. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District
**The Welcome Experience**
The Welcome Experience is a free service for essential workers and their families considering or moving to regional NSW. Local Connectors provide personalised support for housing, education, partner job opportunities, and community integration. Learn more at nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
**What you'll be doing**
As the Tuberculosis Care Coordinator, you will use best practice to evidence provide person-centered specialist nursing care at an advanced practice level for TB patients in Southern NSW. This includes ensuring consistency of practise for high risk patient assessment, care planning and referral. The role coordinates and supports the LHD TB clinics working in partnership with tertiary providers and General Practitioners ensuring a flexible quality TB management and treatment service.
**Additional Information**
- This position is open to Registered Nurses with a minimum of 3 years experience orClinical Nurse Specialists Grade 1 who would like to work towards a Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 position.
- It will be the successful applicant's responsibility to complete their BCG and TST qualification. The costs of completing this qualification is the applicant's responsibility.
- Scholarships may be available to support gaining relevant immunisation accreditation.
**Selection Criteria**
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse with post-registration qualifications in infection control, Public or Primary Community Health, or related field minimum of three years' experience working in the clinical area with a current NSW TB Service accreditation to administer tuberculin skin testing (TST) and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinations.
- Demonstrated competencies in and knowledge of the complexities and challenges involved in providing speciality nursing care in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate ability to exercise extended autonomy in clinical decision making capabilities and leadership in the development of nursing specialty practice advancement.
- Demonstrated effective clinical communication through the use of information technology, written and verbal means and sound interpersonal skills with the capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality nursing care with a willingness to show leadership and embrace change in the coordination and delivery of care
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.
**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination