Clinical Nurse Consultant - Palliative and End of Life Care
Service Integration Communities - Operations - Clinical | Warrigal
The opportunity | Valued for the impact you make
With an advanced consultative focus, you will provide expert palliative and end‐of‐life leadership across Warrigal, enabling site teams to deliver consistent, high‐quality, evidence‐based care. You will lead the development and implementation of palliative care systems, pathways and governance frameworks that improve early identification, proactive planning and continuity of care for older people in the final phases of life.
In this role you will
* Lead organisation‐wide palliative care systems, pathways and documentation
* Strengthen clinical governance, audit, and continuous improvement processes
* Build workforce capability through coaching, mentoring and education programs
* Provide expert consultation on complex cases and end‐of‐life planning
* Partner with internal and external stakeholders to improve integration of care
The benefits | Recognising the difference you make
* Full‐time position | 38 hours | RDO accrual – Potential part‐time position of 32 hours may be considered
* Annual Package: $152,000 + NFP packaging + Super
* Opportunity for professional and career development
* Maximise your take‐home pay with Not‐for‐Profit salary packaging – Increase your wage, pay up to $18,550 less tax per year, meaning more money for you
* Subsidised access to your local gym and 200+ more across the country with a Fitness Passport
* 24/7 access to mental, physical, social, and financial support via the LifeWorks app
The requirements | What it takes to do this work
* Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1, General)
* Completed postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty such as palliative care, oncology, aged care, primary care, clinical education or clinical governance
* Demonstrated capability as a Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 level, with a minimum of 5 years' experience in an advanced practice role
* Demonstrated ability to design, implement, review and improve palliative care and end‐of‐life systems, pathways, tools and documentation across multiple sites
* Strong understanding of palliative and end‐of‐life care in aged care, including advanced care planning, goals of care, recognition of deterioration, symptom assessment, anticipatory planning, family/supporter meetings, terminal phase care and bereavement support
* Experience using clinical data, audits and incident reviews to identify risks, drive improvement and evaluate outcomes
* Willingness to travel across sites to provide targeted clinical consultancy and support based on organisational priorities and resident needs
If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.
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