Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $2603.10 - $2655.00 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ657687
Location: Long Jetty Health Care Campus
Application Close: Thursday 21st May
The Specialist Palliative Care Service is based at Long Jetty Health Care Campus and provides outreach services across the Central Coast region. In this role, you will deliver care across a range of clinical settings, including acute hospital wards, patients' homes, and Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), ensuring patients and families receive compassionate, high-quality support wherever care is required.
About The Opportunity
The Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is seeking a dynamic and experienced Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 to join the Specialist Palliative and End of Life Care Service based at Long Jetty Health Care Campus. This permanent full-time opportunity is ideally suited to a motivated clinician who thrives in a collaborative, community-based environment and is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients and families during the final stages of life.
In this role, you will provide expert clinical consultancy and support to patients, carers, families, and multidisciplinary teams across a variety of community settings, including patients' homes and Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs). You will work closely with healthcare professionals to ensure complex palliative care needs are effectively managed, supporting patients with dignity and compassion through to end-of-life care and death.
Key responsibilities include delivering evidence-based clinical practice, leading quality improvement and risk management initiatives, contributing to clinical service planning, and providing education and support to multidisciplinary teams. You will also play an integral leadership role through mentoring, clinical supervision, and supporting the professional development of nursing staff.
The position primarily operates Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.
This is a varied and rewarding role that requires strong communication, clinical reasoning, and problem-solving skills, along with demonstrated experience in palliative or complex clinical care. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and electronic medical records (eMR) systems is essential. A comprehensive orientation program is provided to support new team members and ensure confidence across all aspects of the role.
For more information about this role, please view the Position Description
About You
CCLHD is looking for you if you:
* Have a current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in the position specialty and approved postgraduate nursing/midwifery qualifications relevant to the position specialty field or other such qualifications or experience deemed appropriate. Current unrestricted NSW driver's licence.
* Can demonstrate ability to provide leadership that facilitates the ongoing development of evidenced based clinical practice, experience in education, clinical leadership and mentoring and supervision.
* Can demonstrate ability to work within the frameworks of acute and primary health care service delivery models autonomously and as part of a team.
Applicants must have current Australian work rights. We are unable to consider applicants who do not meet this requirement.
Benefits
At Central Coast Local Health District, you'll be supported to grow, thrive, and succeed:
Work-Life Balance
· Accrued day off each month (ADO)
· 17.5% annual leave loading
· Paid parental leave
Financial Benefits
· Salary packaging to increase your take‐home pay
· Novated leasing options
· Relocation assistance (where eligible)
Health & Wellbeing
· Discounted gym access through Fitness Passport
· Free flu vaccinations
· Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
· Access discounted private health insurance
Career Growth
· Access to professional development and education
· Secondment and career‐advancement opportunities across the District
Need More Information?
Natalie Leadbitter
Phone: 02 4336 7***
Email: ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
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Working for Central Coast Local Health District - NSW Health
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Central Coast Local Health District is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants can access support through the Stepping Up initiative, which provides guidance on the NSW Health recruitment process. You're also welcome to reach out to Nathan Bramston in our Aboriginal Workforce Development Team at ***************@health.nsw.gov.au or call 02 4320 3*** for one-on-one support.
Vaccination Requirements
All NSW Health workers are required to comply with the Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy Directive. This includes:
* Category A positions: Mandatory evidence of protection against specified infectious diseases, including annual influenza vaccination and tuberculosis assessment.
Applicants must provide appropriate evidence of compliance prior to commencement. For detailed information, please refer to the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Policy.
NSW Health strongly recommends all workers stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations as per the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation guidelines. However, COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment.
Additional Information
An Eligibility List (E-List) or talent pool may be created from this recruitment episode to assist in filling future permanent, temporary, or casual full-time and part-time positions.
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