Clinical Nurse Consultant - Infection Prevention and Control

• Permanent Full-time CNC Level 2 role,
• Based at Braeside Hospital in Prairiewood and Neringah Hospital in Wahroonga
• HammondCare is a NSW Health affiliated organisation with continuity of entitlements

About HammondCare

Make a difference every day to the lives of older Australians in need by joining the team at HammondCare. We provide expert aged care, home care, dementia care and palliative care for older people, regardless of circumstances, beliefs, background or financial situation, led by our not-for-profit, Christian foundations and backed by research and clinical expertise. 

We’ve been caring for people for over 90 years, recruiting and developing passionate team members who can support older people through some of life’s most difficult circumstances. Whether it’s in our innovative residences, our hospitals, or at home, from the most complex situations to just offering a little help, we bring the same skill, experience and compassion to all we do. It's not just care, it's HammondCare. 

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC Level 2) is an expert practitioner who, through leadership facilitates evidence-based practice. The CNC will promote a service that fosters clinical excellence, research and professional leadership. The CNC contributes to quality health care by collaborating with health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes.

This permanent full-time role is pivotal in maintaining HammondCare’s commitment to upholding stringent infection prevention and control standards across its diverse range of healthcare facilities and services. The successful candidate will lead efforts to prevent and manage healthcare-associated infections, implement evidence-based practices, and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement in infection control measures. The role will be based at both Braeside Hospital in Prairiewood and Neringah Hospital in Wahroonga with flexible consulting to other health and hospital sites.

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, infection control practitioners, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals will be paramount, and you will be responsible for providing services that facilitate effective management of the care in the given specialty. Responsibilities include policy development, staff education and training, surveillance, outbreak investigation, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

HammondCare is a NSW Health-affiliated organisation all NSW Health transferrable entitlements will be recognised.

About you

• Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) & at least 5 years of full-time equivalent post-registration experience.  

• Approved postgraduate nursing qualifications in a field relevant to the specialty field or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.

• Demonstrated evidence of strategies used to maintain current knowledge of clinical practice advances and research in the relevant specialty

• Ability to apply expert knowledge to provide safe compassionate quality care that is culturally responsive

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and engage with patients/consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary health care team to identify and ensure responsiveness of care needs

• Capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise

• Demonstrated evidence of the use of critical thinking as it relates to the delivery of advanced evidence-based nursing care

• Understanding and participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace

• A current driver's license and willingness to travel between HammondCare's sites and services.

Benefits - What are we offering in return

• Market-leading remuneration

• Salary packaging; $15,900 annually for living expenses, plus up to $2,650 each year for entertainment benefits.

• Additional training & career development opportunities

• Leave benefits – purchased additional annual leave.

• Reward and Recognition Program

• Fitness Passports: Full facility access can include gyms, group classes and pools for yourself and your family.

• Free independent, confidential counselling services, wand wellbeing resources available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you & your family.

• Exclusive discounts at MyCar; Servicing, Brakes, Repairs, and Tyre Care Plans

• Exclusive commercial discounts for JB HI-FI, The Good Guys, Optus, Dell and Samsung

Ready to make a change? Apply Now by clicking this link: https://hammondcare.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Prairiewood/Clinical-Nurse-Consultant_REQ1284-1

For any specific queries please contact Cassandra Dearing: cdearing@hammond.com.au

Closing Date: 11th January 2026

HammondCare is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We thrive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves.

All short-listed applicants for these positions will be asked to consent to staff screening, a criminal record and immunisation checks.