Requisition Number: REQ587846
Employment Type: Permanent Full-time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant - Grade 3
Remuneration: $139,661.16 - $142,254.44 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Applications Close: 6 August 2025
Vaccination Category: A
Location: Wagga Wagga

Do you bring compassion, clinical excellence, and commitment to every shift?

About Us

Be part of a passionate organisation delivering exceptional care to over 240,000 people across regional NSW. Spanning 125,000+ km², Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) is our region’s largest employer, with 5,000+ staff across 33 hospitals, 12 community health centres, and a range of specialist and mental health services.

At MLHD, you’ll deliver meaningful care across diverse settings, with access to career development opportunities, advanced technology, and comprehensive employee benefits.

About the Opportunity
As the Clinical Nurse Consultant, Violence, Abuse and Neglect you will provide advanced clinical leadership and consultancy, research, education and service planning for both the MLHD Sexual Assault Service and the wider field of medical and forensic responses to violence, abuse and neglect. The role will provide leadership and clinical supervision for a small team of medical and nursing staff.

As the Clinical Nurse Consultant, you will:

• Lead and role model professional clinical service delivery, strategic direction, advanced education, and expert clinical care and consultancy within the NSW Health Sexual Assault Service model of care, to both the service and the broader medical and forensic field.
• Provide crisis responses, non-acute clinical care, and follow up medical care and health care navigation to victim-survivors of violence, abuse and neglect in accordance with current and emerging NSW Health VAN Services models of care.
• Provide forensic responses for victims of sexual assault
• Providing service-level clinical leadership and development of the VAN clinical nursing field
• Lead ongoing development of the service’s clinical practice, undertaking reviews and implementing learnings to drive new directions
• Leading service’s strategic planning including developing and implementing annual plans.

To find out more, please review the Position Description

About You

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Current authority to practice unrestricted as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Completed the NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence Graduate Certificate in the Medical and Forensic Management of Adult Sexual Assault (or equivalent) and have completed at least three supervised medical and forensic consultations on a patient reporting recent sexual assault.
• Have completed or be studying towards within 6 months of commencing in the role: Education Centre Against Violence training modules Forensic Photography; Supervised Medico-Legal; and Provide a Medical and Forensic Response to Domestic and Family Violence (when available), or equivalent courses.
• A minimum of seven years full time equivalent post registration experience and a minimum of five years clinical nursing experience in a relevant clinical speciality (e.g. sexual health, family planning, women’s health, obstetrics and gynaecology and emergency medicine).
• Post registration nursing qualifications relevant to the field of sexual assault, or other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the district.
• Ability to participate in VAN on-call roster and/or extended shift work

Why join MLHD?

At Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), we offer more than a job, we offer the chance to make a real difference.

• Make a Meaningful Impact – Play a vital role in delivering essential health services to our diverse and vibrant regional communities.
• Attractive Remuneration – Enjoy competitive pay aligned with your skills and experience.
• Generous Salary Packaging – Access up to $20,600 per annum tax-free for living expenses, plus the option for novated car leasing.
• Professional Development – Take advantage of ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
• Health & Wellbeing Support – Benefit from our comprehensive wellness programs for you and your family, including Employee Assistance Programs, Fitness Passport, and initiatives to support both physical and mental health.

Click here to discover why MLHD is the right place to grow your career and contribute to healthier communities.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, click apply now! Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about this role.

Murrumbidgee Local Health District is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

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