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Clinical Nurse Consultant - McGrath Cancer Care Nurse - GIT

🔍 Kingswood, Nepean Hospital | Western Sydney

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Clinical Nurse Consultant
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Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
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REQ643408 Requisition #

Employment Type: Temporary Part Time - up to 30/06/2027
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Gde 2
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $65.80 - $69.86 per hour
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ643408
Applications Close: 09/04/2026

 


With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment, 
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
 

About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is an exceptional environment to advance your career while enhancing your skills and expertise. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we deliver a comprehensive range of public health services across the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Regions.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney’s western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care. 

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate McGrath Cancer Care Nurse (MCCN) to join the GIT Oncology team at Nepean Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 2). This pivotal role focuses on providing expert, patient-centred care to individuals diagnosed with Gastrointestinal Cancers, supporting them and their families across the continuum of care.

As an MCCN, you will act as a key clinical resource, delivering advanced Nursing care, coordinating multidisciplinary services, and improving patient outcomes through education, advocacy, and evidence-based practice. This is a role where you will act as a primary point of contact and support for patients and carers, coordinate care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient outcomes, provide education to patients, families, and healthcare professionals and contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research initiatives.

We encourage you to apply to join a team dedicated to delivering exceptional Cancer care and improving outcomes for patients and their families.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

  • Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
  • Novated Leasing
  • Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
  • Fitness Passport

     

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal please click here.

 

What you will bring to the role:

  1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and current NSW Driver’s License and willingness to use same as required for the position.
  2. Minimum five years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least three years full time equivalent experience in Oncology Nursing and post graduate qualifications in Cancer Nursing -Oncology and/or Palliative Care or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate.
  3. Evidence of consistent demonstration of behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation with all stakeholders including colleagues, direct reports patients and consumers.
  4. Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing/midwifery practice.
  5. Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and an understanding of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
  6. Demonstrated involvement in the development/change of clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research.
  7. Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.
  8. Ability to apply clinical expertise in patient-centred consultancy with the ability to work effectively both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently.


Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
 

Need more information? 
  1) Click here for the Position Description 
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Sarah Spinks on sarah.spinks@health.nsw.gov.au 

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