Palliative Care South East Ltd in Melbourne is seeking a Community Palliative Care Team Leader to provide day-to-day operational and professional leadership within the interdisciplinary team. The role guides clinicians across Intake, Aged Care and other areas to ensure high standards of palliative care and seamless service delivery.

You will participate in complex care coordination, manage your own caseload, and mentor staff while fostering a positive workplace culture and engaging with external

Palliative Care South East provides palliative care in the southeast metropolitan region of Melbourne. We support people with a life-limiting illness to live well and, in doing so, provide support at home to improve the quality of life of individuals, carers and families. Our specialist palliative care services are provided to people of all ages, free of charge, in the Local Government areas of Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong and part of Kingston.

The Community Palliative Care Team Leader is a key clinical leadership role within the interdisciplinary team, providing day-to-day operational and professional leadership with a strong focus on mentorship, staff development, and fostering a positive workplace culture. This role involves guiding clinicians across Intake, Aged Care, and other operational areas, ensuring high standards of palliative care and effective service delivery.

The Team Leader actively participates in complex care coordination and case management, working closely with external stakeholders and community service providers to deliver seamless, integrated care. They provide hands-on clinical support within the team model, managing their own caseload and contributing to the team's ongoing development through professional guidance, education, and mentorship.

• Provide day-to-day operational and professional leadership to the interdisciplinary team
• Guide clinicians across Intake, Aged Care, and other operational areas
• Ensure high standards of palliative care and effective service delivery
• Participate in complex care coordination and case management
• Work closely with external stakeholders and community service providers
• Manage own caseload and provide hands-on clinical support
• Provide professional guidance, education, and mentorship to team members
• Foster a positive workplace culture

• Demonstrated 2 years palliative care experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practice of specialist community-based palliative care nursing
• Demonstrated leadership experience including change management, coaching and development, motivating self and others, and managing performance of self and others
• Ability to manage conflicts and dispute resolution
• Commitment actively promote and maintain a positive culture
• Demonstrated ability to provide coordinated care in partnership with key internal and external service providers
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal
• Commitment to the preservation and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised individuals and families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Commitment to social justice principles, and specifically to the mission and aims of PCSE
• Computer literacy - Microsoft Office suite and clinical electronic medical records and databases

PCSE is transitioning through an exciting stage of growth and change, and the successful candidate will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Attractive salary packaging options - up to $15,900 tax free per year
• Flexible work life balance opportunities
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Rewards and Recognition programAn Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is funded by the employer for business and private access
• Annual Leave Loading

Closing date - 05th November 2026

Palliative Care South East Ltd. invites a Nurse Practitioner to deliver autonomous, NP-led palliative care in clients' homes across the southeast Melbourne region. You'll work with the Medical Officers, trainees, and the interdisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning.

In this senior role, you'll build capacity in residential aged care and support GPs to embed a palliative approach, including participation in a rotating on-call weekend roster.

Palliative Care South East provides palliative care in the southeast metropolitan region of Melbourne. We support people with a life-limiting illness to live well and, in doing so, provide support at home to improve the quality of life of individuals, carers and families. Our specialist palliative care services are provided to people of all ages, free of charge, in the Local Government areas of Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong and part of Kingston.

As our Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, you'll provide expert clinical leadership and autonomous, NP-led care to clients in their own homes and, in a consultative and clinical advisory capacity, to residents of residential aged care facilities. You'll work alongside our Medical Officers, Advanced Trainee, Nurse Practitioner and specialist interdisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning. This role will also support our aims to build the capacity of residential aged care staff and support GPs to deliver a palliative approach across the region.

• Nurse practitioner, or working towards, with recent experience in the provision of specialist Palliative Care
  
• Demonstrated advanced clinical skills, competence and leadership in the assessment, treatment and management of patients with Palliative Care and End of Life care needs.
• Demonstrated understanding of integrated care and proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework and mixed clinical environment
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current issues impacting on the provision of Palliative Care services in Australia
• Demonstrated capability to work autonomously when required
• Demonstrated abilities in critical thinking, human relations, clinical skills, ethical decision making, problem analysis and systems analysis
• Demonstrated ability to educate, mentor and support clinical teams to build capability and confidence in delivering high-quality palliative care and influence organisational and cultural change
• Ability to participate in a rotating on call weekend roster

• A genuinely varied, autonomous senior clinical role at the heart of a respected specialist palliative care service
• Work within a values-led organisation - Responsiveness, Empowerment, Collaboration and Kindness - that backs its clinicians
• Contribute to the training and mentoring of our Palliative Care Specialist Nurses, Advanced Trainees and broader clinical team

PCSE is transitioning through an exciting stage of growth and change, and the successful candidate will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Attractive salary packaging options - up to $15,900 tax free per year
• Flexible work life balance opportunities
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Rewards and Recognition program
• An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is funded by the employer for business and private access
• Annual Leave Loading

Closing date - 04th November 2026