Employment Type: Temporary Part Time, up to 27 hours per week until 30/06/2026
Location: Liverpool Hospital, Eastern Campus
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $66.50 - $67.83 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ604362
Application Close Date: 21/09/2025
Interview Date Range: 24/09/2025 - 01/10/2025
Contact Details: Brendon Shapter – 0429 074 885 | Brendon.Shapter@health.nsw.gov.au

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you a skilled and passionate nurse leader with expertise in Melanoma care?
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) to provide expert clinical advice and leadership within the specialty of Melanoma care.
This pivotal role supports community patients, carers, and healthcare professionals by developing, implementing, and evaluating tailored care management plans that improve outcomes for Melanoma care patients.
The CNC will work collaboratively across hospitals and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and ensure best-practice, evidence-based treatment is delivered.

TRANSFORMING YOUR EXPERIENCE

Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ️ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ️ background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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The role of the Melanoma Specialist Nurse (Clinical Nurse Consultant) will be to work in partnership with the Melanoma Institute of Australia (MIA) to promote best practice, actively contributing to quality health care by collaborating with health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes within the spectrum of melanoma cancer, coordinate relevant support in the Community and Supportive and Palliative Care services. The Melanoma Specialist Nurse (CNC) will work in close liaison with the Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical and Supportive Palliative Care specialists ensuring the continuity of care and support for patients with melanoma cancer and their carers.
The Melanoma Specialist Nurse (CNC) is an expert practitioner who, through leadership facilitates evidence based practice. The CNC will promote a service which fosters clinical excellence, research and professional leadership. The CNC contributes to quality health care by collaborating with the health care providers and consumer groups, developing clinical practice standards and evaluating their outcomes. The CNC is responsible for providing services which facilitate effective management of the care in the given specialty.
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities. All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.