Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 - Community Palliative Care
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- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
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- REQ652410 Requisition #
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $135,826.04 - $138,534.10 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ652410
Applications Close: Sunday, 3 May 2026
Join a highly regarded team where your expertise truly makes a difference. As a Clinical Nurse Consultant within SESLHD, you will play a key role in the Prince of Wales Community Palliative Care Team—shaping clinical practice, driving innovation, and delivering compassionate, patient-centred care in the community.
In this dynamic and influential role, you will draw on your advanced clinical experience to lead service development, provide expert consultancy, and champion high standards of care. You’ll inspire and mentor others through coaching, clinical supervision, and leadership, while actively contributing to research, education, and continuous quality improvement. As a respected role model, you’ll engage closely with patients, carers, and multidisciplinary colleagues to support meaningful improvements in care and outcomes.
Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate and enhance care for patients with complex needs—developing, implementing, and evaluating tailored care plans that support dignity, comfort, and quality of life.
If you’re passionate about leadership, innovation, and making a lasting impact in palliative care, this is a rewarding opportunity to take your career to the next level.
- A workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing
- Orientation and supported transition into your new role
- Targeted clinical stream education programs affiliated with university partners
- Development pathways that are aimed at career progression
- Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave
- Salary Packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing
- Corporate health and fitness program, discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Established partnerships with Universities that promote cutting edge research in well being, education and teaching.
- Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable
- Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant
For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page.
The Role
The Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 in Community Palliative Care at Prince of Wales Hospital delivers advanced, client-centred consultancy services across community settings, including Residential Aged Care Facilities and Group Homes, while leading clinical supervision for nursing staff. The role provides strategic clinical leadership across complex, multi-site services, contributing to the development of nursing standards and participating in state and national initiatives to advance practice. It integrates and applies research to improve patient outcomes, initiates and disseminates original research, and drives evidence-based care.
The CNC2 is also responsible for planning and delivering specialised education programs for healthcare professionals, patients, and families, including contributing to postgraduate education. Additionally, the role involves analysing and evaluating service delivery, and leading the development, implementation, and review of strategic initiatives to enhance palliative care services across the district.
Where You'll be Working
Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Service is a Level 6 Tertiary Referral Hospital with an inpatient bed base of 370. Each year we care for more than 70,000 patients in our Emergency Department and have around 50,000 admissions to the inpatient units. POWH offers an outpatient service and rural outreach service and provides more than 900,000 occasions of non-admitted patient care each year, including innovative virtual models of care. We have transitioned the majority of inpatient units and wards to the Acute Services Building (ASB) including a state of the art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit. POWH provides an exceptional staff experience and enhanced patient and family outcomes as a result of the provision of person-centred care.
Randwick Local council is renowned for our world-class beaches and supported by cafes and restaurants to tickle your taste-buds, Randwick’s fascinating coastline and atmosphere will have you in awe the minute you arrive. Offering a mix of historic buildings, impressive beaches and coastal walks coupled with boutique restaurants, transport links and a vibrant nightlife, you’ll never be short of things to do in this progressive community.
Selection Criteria
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible.
- Registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse/ Midwife and current NSW Driver’s License.
- At least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in Palliative Care. The applicant must have approved postgraduate nursing qualifications relevant to the field.
- Demonstrated ability to apply clinical expertise in a consultant role and the ability to work independently.
- Proven clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
- Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidenced based nursing care.
- Demonstrated experience in leading and implementing change, and developing direction in clinical practice by initiation, utilisation, review and translation of evidence-based research into practice, within a person-centred framework.
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, advanced computer skills and use of software programs to analyse data and produce reports.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Ingeborg Vuuregge on Inge.Vuuregge@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristic including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for Applicants:
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer
- We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
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