🤝 Build trust with families & connect them to vital health services.
🏫 Make a real difference in school communities every single day.
🌱 Lead early intervention & support wellbeing where it starts most.

Empower students and families - use your nursing expertise to connect them to the right care, build trust, and make a real impact in schools.

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (Up to 2 Years)
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $57.11 - $58.98 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: High Street Youth Health Service

Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Cumberland and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond'. and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect, and empowerment.

What you'll be doing
The Wellbeing and Health in-reach Nurse (WHIN) Coordinator CNS2 is responsible for facilitating identification of health, wellbeing and social needs and the coordination of appropriate early intervention, assessments, and referral to services for school-aged children and young people attending designated primary and secondary schools.

The WHIN Coordinator CNS2 is a Registered Nurse who works in identified local schools and applies their specialist clinical nursing knowledge, experience and skill in providing complex health care coordination for school aged children, young people and their families in these schools.

The WHIN Coordinator CNS2 role requires leadership, specialist skills, capacity for a significant level of autonomy and independent work in an interagency context. Coordination of access to services across multiple agencies, professions and groups will be part of the role.

The scope of the WHIN Coordinator role is to:

• Work with local school principals, school wellbeing teams, school counsellors and psychologists, school staff and local services to deliver the WHIN Coordinator model of care service.
• Build trusting relationships with students and families to identify health needs and address barriers to accessing services.
• Establish a family focused approach to connecting students and families to services.
• Identify and triage the health needs of students and families.
• Assist in coordination of appropriate early intervention, assessments, and referral to services and programs.
• Contribute to care coordination and case management of vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Support access to health promotion programs and services to improve the health and wellbeing of the school community and provide support for students and families to improve health literacy and access to services.
• Work within locally agreed protocols and governance arrangements across Health and Education sectors.
• Build and maintain relationships with service providers and establish effective referral pathways.
• Collect and report on service events as required, maintain confidentiality and accurate health care documentation.

Activities out of scope are:

• Providing lessons on health and wellbeing within the classroom.
• Undertaking individual or group mental health interventions with students.
• Providing population screening for health and development (although the WHIN Coordinator may coordinate access to screening services if required).
• Providing support for students who require health care procedures while at school, including toileting, tube feeding, tracheotomy suctioning, diabetes management.

How to Apply
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.

Essential Criteria:

• Registration: Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for Nurses

Selection Criteria:

1. Current Registered Nurse Division 1 National Registration (AHPRA) with a minimum of 3 years post registration clinical experience working with children and young people, a post registration qualification related to the specialty area of child and family health, or paediatrics, or adolescent / youth health nursing practice or other related area.
2. Demonstrated understanding of and experience working with children and young people, including marginalised and at-risk groups, and health promotion, prevention and early intervention approaches and evidence based practice.
3. Demonstrated capacity to engage with families to address various health and mental health problems for children and young people and effectively liaise with health and social services involved in their care.
4. Demonstrated ability to work within an interagency context, with an emphasis on relationship building, service delivery, quality of care and team cohesion, and an ability to identify and improve opportunities to enhance integration of care for children, young people and families.
5. Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including advanced verbal and written skills; an ability to negotiate and problem solve; and the capacity to collaborate with and influence health and other professionals.
6. Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to utilise electronic communication and medical record systems across a variety of applications, including eHealth technologies.
7. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in the provision and development of clinical practice by utilisation of evidence based research with a demonstrated understanding of current NSW Ministry of Health Policies and National and State Standards in relation to children and young people.
8. Current NSW State driver's licence (including P1 or above) and willingness to use for work purposes.

Requisition ID: REQ577596
Applications Close: 15th June 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 Graeme Pringle on [email protected]

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/

Please note: In accordance with NSW Health policy, priority will be given to Australian citizens and permanent residents. A person who is not an Australian citizen or permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or the advertised position.

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