Clinical Nurse Consultant (Gde 1) - Infection Control - Perm FT
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Location: Liverpool Hospital
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Gde 1
Remuneration: $126,720.88 - $129,314.15 per Annum
Requisition ID: REQ609863
Application Close Date: 19/10/2025
Interview Date Range: 22/10/2025 - 29/10/2025
Contact Details: Melissa Wakefield | (02) 8738 6340 | Melissa.Wakefield@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity:
As a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) in Infection Control, you’ll be at the forefront of safeguarding patient and staff wellbeing. Your expertise will shape and lead the implementation of evidence-based infection prevention strategies, ensuring compliance with the latest standards and best practices.
From conducting audits and risk assessments to delivering staff education and outbreak response, CNCs play a vital leadership role. You’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to drive a culture of safety, oversee PPE use, and monitor infection trends to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Your guidance will be instrumental in shaping infection control policy and practice across the facility. If you're ready to lead change and champion patient safety, we want to hear from you.
Apply now and help us build a safer, healthier future
What you'll be doing
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is an expert practitioner who, through leadership facilitates evidence based practice. The CNC will promote a service which fosters clinical excellence, research and professional leadership. The CNC contributes to quality health care by collaborating with the health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes. The CNC is responsible for providing services which facilitate effective management of the care in the given specialty.
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 the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) & at least 7 years full time equivalent post registration experience and at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience in a relevant field of practice relevant to the specialty. Approved post graduate nursing qualifications in a field relevant to the specialty field or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.
- Please elaborate on how your skills and experiences align with the role requirements, and highlight what you will bring to add value to the South Western Sydney Local Health District.
- Highlight the main factors driving your interest in this position and express what aspects of joining the South Western Sydney Local Health District excite you the most.
Discuss how your leadership approach aligns with the values and goals of the South Western Sydney Local Health District. Elaborate on how you intend to bring your unique leadership skills and experience into a new team environment.
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Additional Information
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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 safe 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.
