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Clinical Nurse Consultant - Supportive and Palliative Care
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District View all jobs
Posted 2 day(s) ago
Reference: 2460758
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Location: Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital, Springwood Hospital, Lithgow Hospital
Remuneration: $75.35 - $76.85 per hour
Hours Per Week: 33.82
Requisition ID: REQ703925
Applications Close: 12 November 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.
The Primary Care and Community Health Unit consists of 9 centres that provide a range of services for children, young people and their families, adults, older people and their carers. Our services range from health promotion, prevention and early detection through to assessment, treatment and continuing care. Our staff work in partnership with schools, GPs, hospitals, non-government agencies and other organisations to provide care across our centres, in people’s homes, other community venues as well as virtual care (telehealth).
Make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients, families and carers by joining the Supportive and Palliative Care team as a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC2). The Supportive and Palliative Care Service provides flexible, responsive and coordinated care to patients with malignant and non-malignant life-limiting illnesses across inpatient, outpatient clinic and community settings.
The CNC2 will provide specialist supportive and palliative care to inpatients at Blue Mountains, Springwood and Lithgow Hospitals, while also supporting community-based patients in partnership with other clinicians within the Supportive and Palliative Care Service. Working as part of a district-wide specialist service, you will play a key role in ensuring patients and their families receive high-quality, person-centred care at the right time and in the right place.
In this rewarding position, you will work collaboratively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, compassionate and evidence-based care. As an expert clinician, you will provide advanced nursing leadership, clinical consultation and specialist advice to support best practice in supportive and palliative care. You will contribute to service development, clinical decision-making and quality improvement initiatives while promoting excellence in patient outcomes across a variety of care settings.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated nurse who is passionate about supportive and palliative care and is looking to further develop their leadership and specialist practice. Applications are encouraged from candidates seeking a rewarding part-time role with the opportunity to make a lasting impact in their community.
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
What you will bring to the role
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Minimum five years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least three years full time equivalent experience in Supportive & Palliative Care and post graduate qualifications in Palliative Care or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
- Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and an understanding of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
- Demonstrated involvement in the development/change of clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.
- 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.
- A current drivers licence and willingness to use same as required for the position.
Additional Information:
- Click here for the Position Description
- For role related queries or questions contact Karin Ferguson on [email protected]
- 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 please click here. To find out more about the NSW Health application process please click here.
- 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.
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