McGrath Cancer Care Nurse (Advanced Breast)
💡Lead change in cancer care while shaping future health services!
🌟Make a real impact supporting patients through complex journeys!
🤝Collaborate with top teams and drive innovation every day!
Apply now! Lead cutting-edge metastatic breast cancer services at Westmead: guide patients, unite teams & champion evidence-based best practice.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time up to 30/06/2027
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $66.50 - $67.83 per hour
Location: Westmead Hospital
Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) delivers high-quality health care services to diverse communities in Western Sydney, focusing on collaboration, respect, and empowerment.
- Covers Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd, and Parramatta LGAs.
- Provides primary, secondary, and tertiary care.
- Supports over 1 million residents, including the Greater Western Region.
- Driven by a vision of 'better health services for western Sydney and beyond'.
- Embraces core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment.
What you'll be doing
Join a passionate team as a McGrath Breast Care Nurse at Westmead Hospital, where you'll lead specialist care, support patients and families, and shape best-practice cancer services across WSLHD. Key responsibilities will include to:
- Lead expert care for metastatic breast cancer patients
- Provide guidance, education & support to patients, carers & staff
- Collaborate across oncology, palliative care & allied health teams
- Drive evidence-based practice & contribute to service planning
- Educate, mentor and empower nursing staff across the network
How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below, providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.
Essential Criteria:
- Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Qualification: Holds approved postgraduate qualifications relevant to the specialty of Breast Cancer Care or qualifications deemed appropriate by WSLHD
Selection Criteria:
- Registered Nurse with at least five years post registration experience with at least three years' experience in medical oncology or palliative care.
- Demonstrated expertise in assessment, diagnosis/ formulation/ management of patients with breast cancer.
- Proven clinical leadership capabilities with the ability to provide consultancy advice, education and support to individuals, their families, nursing staff and other health professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and an ability to identify and improve opportunities to enhance continuity of care between breast cancer and other health care services.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and in a multidisciplinary team with high level time management, problem solving, analytical and organisational skills
- Demonstrated competency in written and verbal communication, report writing and research skills.
Requisition ID: REQ575319
Applications Close: 27th May 2025
Need more information?
- Discover more about the application process.
- Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.
- Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
- For inquiries about the role, contact on Jayne Robinson on 0428 675 709 or email Jayne.Robinson@health.nsw.gov.au
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Westmead hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Westmead Hospital. This does not apply for staff with disability.
Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or a period not shorter than the duration of the advertised position.
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