Clinical Nurse Educator – Palliative Care - Temp FT
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until June 2026
Location: SWSLHD District Wide Service - Residential Aged Care Facilities within SWSLHD (excluding Wingecarribee)
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Educator
Remuneration: $2,102.09 - 2,170.29 per week
Requisition ID: REQ579457
Application Close Date: 15/06/2025
Interview Date Range: 18/06/2025 - 25/06/2025
Contact Details: Janeane Harlum – 0419 607 614 | Janeane.Harlum@health.nsw.gov.au
About The Opportunity
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Clinical Nurse Educator to join the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) Palliative Care team in a temporary full-time role until June 2026. This district wide position offers a great opportunity to support Registered Nurses working in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) across the region (excluding Wingecarribee), delivering and evaluating palliative care education through the End-of-Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) program. You will collaborate with a dedicated Specialist Palliative Care team comprising of a Clinical Nurse Consultant and Registered Nurses, working to improve palliative care for aged care residents.
What You'll be doing
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.
Where You'll Be Working
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) serves one of Australia's most multicultural regions, providing high-quality, patient-centred care across various hospitals and health services. These include Bankstown-Lidcombe, Bowral & District, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, and Liverpool Hospitals, each offering specialised care.
SWSLHD offers a supportive, innovative, and forward-thinking work environment, with numerous opportunities for professional development and career progression. The district's community health services provide comprehensive care, including prevention, early intervention, and ongoing support, while its mental health services offer both inpatient and community-based care.
Working at SWSLHD means being part of a dedicated team committed to improving health outcomes and making a positive impact on the community.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). A post graduate qualification in a relevant clinical field or education post graduate qualification or a combination of education training and clinical experience deemed appropriate by SWSLHD.
- Outline your experience in competency-based assessment, clinical education and delivering clinical programs with a strong foundation in adult learning principles, including knowledge of or experience in palliative care.
- Provide examples of how you demonstrated your ability to deliver safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive care using evidence-based nursing practices and critical thinking.
- How do you provide effective communication skills utilising the capacity to engage collaboratively and professionally with consumers and multidisciplinary teams, with ability to personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
- Describe your understanding and active participation in risk management, work health and safety and quality improvement in the workplace.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
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.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
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.
