At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and innovate in Child and Family Health nursing services to improve outcomes.
- Company: Join a passionate health service impacting thousands in Northern Sydney.
- Benefits: Permanent full-time role with competitive salary and supportive work environment.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while shaping future care.
- Qualifications: NSW Registered Nurse with 7+ years experience in Child and Family Health.
The predicted salary is between 157000 - 161000 $ per year.
NSLHD is looking for a very experienced Child and Family Health Nurse to lead, influence and innovate in Child and Family Health nursing services. This role will help shape future care, inspire clinicians and influence clinical excellence in our nursing workforce to improve outcomes for children and families.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 3
Remuneration: $3,032.60 - $3,088.90 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ702315
We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives. NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensuring that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working: District wide role with office base at Macquarie Hospital in North Ryde. The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) - Child and Family Health (CFH) works as part of the senior CYF Health Clinical leadership team. The CFH CNC is an expert nurse who provides clinical advice, leadership and complex clinical consultancy relating to all aspects of child and family health nursing service. The position provides an advanced level nursing service as an expert in Child and Family Health Nursing practice to support quality nursing care.
The CNC will formulate and implement policy, guide practice development, and engage in education and research activities relevant to the scope of the role to support evidence-based practice in CFH. The CNC also takes a lead role in Child and Family Health by:
- Providing education, training, clinical consultancy and mentoring for staff to optimise CFN clinical practice.
- Initiating and supporting nursing research and district-wide clinical practice improvement projects.
- Supporting services embed nursing professional standards into all aspects of clinical practice.
- Acting as the primary liaison point between CYF and the Local Primary Health Care Network in relation to Child and Family Health Nursing.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- NSW Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration with minimum 7 years full time post graduate experience, with at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience in Child and Family Health as well as an approved postgraduate tertiary qualification and/or Master's in Child and Family Health.
- Demonstrated leadership in strategic and clinical service planning and experience and expertise in the management of organisational and cultural change that is driven by the initiation, utilisation and review of evidence based research.
- Proven advanced skills in clinical teaching and coaching, competency in the use of contemporary information systems and evidence of the ability to direct the development of specialty education programs.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy. You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards. The team enriching health in millions of ways every day.
Applications Close: 2 November 2026
Tentative Interview Date: Week Commencing 20 November 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Margaret Hayes on **************@health.nsw.gov.au
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