Brighter Beginnings Preschool Checks Registered Nurse

Northern Sydney Local Health District; Sydney; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Northern Sydney Local Health District is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Preschool Team. You will contribute to developmental surveillance screening for preschool children across NSLHD's early childhood services.

In this role you’ll work within an interdisciplinary team, applying clinical reasoning, guiding families and educators, and supporting identification of health needs before school entry. NSW Health partnership underlines the role.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Clinical knowledge and experience in Child and Family Health and/or Paediatric nursing.
• Ability to apply clinical reasoning within scope of practice and elevate when needed.
• Understanding of developmental surveillance and screen-and-refer service.
• Ability to communicate sensitively with families and educators about development.
• Ability to work independently and with a multidisciplinary team in a high-volume service.
• Experience with clinical data and patient-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Be a member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Preschool Team.
• Help deliver developmental surveillance screening for preschool-aged children in ECEC services.
• BBHDC is a NSW Health/ NSW Department of Education collaboration for early identification.
• Operate within a structured service model across pre-, during- and post-screening phases with primary screening responsibilities.
• Provide guidance to families and educators on accessing Child and Family Health services.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication with families

Clinical nursing care

Education

Registered Nurse with AHPRA

Job description

Help children and their family get the right support before starting school. Join the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Preschool Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District Child, Youth and Family Community Health Service. You’ll be a key member of an interdisciplinary team delivering developmental surveillance screening in early childhood education settings, working alongside experienced colleagues and in partnership with educators and families. It’s a collaboration between NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education, supporting the NSW First 2000 Days Framework.

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time Position Classification: Registered Nurse Remuneration: $41.23 - $57.88 per hour Hours Per Week: 32 Requisition ID: REQ701054

Who we are:

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives. NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

Royal North Shore (RNS) Community Health Centre

What you'll be doing

As a Registered Nurse, you’ll be a member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks (BBHDC) Preschool Team, within the NSLHD Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. You’ll help deliver developmental surveillance screening for preschool-aged children in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services across Northern Sydney. BBHDC is a collaboration between NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education. Its purpose is early identification of children’s health and developmental needs before school entry. The role operates within a structured service model across pre-screening, screening, and post-screening phases, with primary responsibility for conducting screening assessments, observing developmental indicators, and contributing to outcome classification and referral pathways within their scope of practice. When required, the role with the multidisciplinary team in group-based intervention for children identified through developmental surveillance screening. You’ll also give opportunistic guidance to families and educators on accessing Child and Family Health services in NSLHD. Practice is safe, trauma-informed, culturally responsive and evidence-based, within a model of screening, recommendation and referral. People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge and experience in Child and Family Health and/or Paediatric nursing, with an understanding of preschool-age child health and development.
• Demonstrated ability to apply clinical reasoning within scope of practice, including recognising when to seek guidance or elevate.
• Please describe your understanding of developmental surveillance and how a screen-and-refer service differs from an ongoing clinical care service.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with families and educators about developmental observations, including when views differ or concerns are sensitive.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, and to manage workload and prioritise tasks in a structured, high-volume service with minimal day-to-day supervision.
• Experience with clinical data and patient-based systems.

Role related queries or questions contact Apichaya Bushell on [e-mail]

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process.

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards. The team enriching health in millions of ways every day.

Applications Close: 29 October 2026

Tentative Interview Date: Thursday 19 November 2026