Clinical Nurse Specialist, Complex Care Coordinator - Grafton and Maclean

Southern NSW Local Health District; Grafton; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Fitness discounts

Professional development

Team culture

Job summary

Southern NSW Local Health District is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Complex Care Coordinator (CNS2) for Grafton and Maclean. The role focuses on organising and delivering high-quality, person-centred nursing care across multiple sites to coordinate complex care needs.

The CNS2 will lead clinical standards and collaborate with the health care team to improve patient flow and outcomes, including coordinating transfers for patients with complex conditions.

Qualifications

• Clinical Nurse Specialists Grade 2 (CNS2) role.
• Experience coordinating care for complex patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Organise and deliver high-quality nursing care across sites to coordinate complex delivery of care.
• Facilitate transfer of inpatients with complex care needs in collaboration with the care team.

Skills

Nursing

Care coordination

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Complex Care Coordinator - Grafton and Maclean

High quality healthcare. Quality of life. Learn and grow in your career and in your life with more opportunities and more flexibility.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2

Remuneration: $128,301.89 - $132,523.13 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ693798

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Specialists Grade 2 (CNS2) Complex Care Coordinator organises and delivers high-quality nursing care to patients across the site/s to better manage and improve the delivery of high-quality person centred nursing care in collaboration with the health care team to coordinate complex delivery of care and facilitate the transfer of inpatients who have complex care needs.

Clinician engagement and leadership has been a prominent feature of the public health system for a number of years, where clinician led clinical standards, safety and quality improvements have become a major focus. The Local Health District (LHD) is committed to the strengthening and ongoing involvement and clinician engagement of staff that provide direct patient care in the planning, delivery, improvement and evaluation of health services.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high-quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high-quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here .

Relocating to the region?

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Learn more at: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

• Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
• Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
• Growth – access to professional and personal development
• Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
• Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforc

Applications Close: 30 September 2026

NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up , our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2026_004).

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

This recruitment may be used to create an Eligibility List for similar roles in the future.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.