Location:Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350
Job Category: Registered Nurse
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Standard Weekly Hours: 40
Requisition ID: 3141
About the role
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced nursing leader to manage the newly integrated palliative care service across Grampians Health and the broader Grampians region. This pivotal role oversees high‑quality palliative care delivery across inpatient, outpatient, community and consultancy settings.
Working in close partnership with the Head of Unit, you'll provide consistent, united leadership to ensure patients, families and carers receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place. You'll lead service improvement, strengthen regional partnerships and support teams to deliver culturally safe, person‑centred and evidence‑based care in a complex and evolving environment.
What you'll do
* Lead integrated palliative care services across multiple settings
* Drive service improvement, innovation and safe care delivery
* Partner with regional services to strengthen care pathways
* Support, develop and lead multidisciplinary teams
* Oversee operational, financial and workforce responsibilities
Skills & Experience
* Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
* Postgraduate qualification in palliative care or related field
* Strong leadership and operational management capability
* Deep knowledge of palliative and end‑of‑life care models
* Proven ability to lead change in complex health settings
Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
* Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
* Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
* Access to Fitness Passport membership
* Staff rewards and recognition programs
Interested?
if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Kerrie Shiell on for a confidential discussion.
Job applications close: 16 February 2026
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement The classification is Clinical Nurse Consultant D.