Registered Nurse – Sexual Health Service – SHBBV Services

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District; Sydney; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Living expenses allowance

Meal & entertainment allowance

Novated Leasing

Private Health Insurance discount

Days off

Professional development

In-house training

Fitness Passport

EAP

Continuing education allowance

Clinical Nurse Specialist progression

Job summary

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District – Surry Hills NSW is seeking a Registered Nurse for the SHBBV Services at The Albion Centre. The role focuses on HIV management, sexual health assessment, vaccination, and care for transgender and gender diverse clients.

Working 38 hours per week on a temporary full-time contract until 30 June 2027, you’ll join a multidisciplinary team with ongoing development opportunities and competitive remuneration package.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Experience in HIV, sexual health and Trans gender diverse healthcare or interest.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment ensuring safe, high‑standard care.
• Knowledge of issues and needs of priority populations attending a publicly funded sexual health service.
• Computer skills with health information systems (eMR, booking systems, results management).
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and maintain professional boundaries.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Current driver’s licence or willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide HIV management, sexual health assessment, screening and treatment.
• Deliver pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis and vaccination.
• Provide health promotion and care to transgender and gender diverse clients.
• Collaborate with local interdisciplinary teams and travel as needed.

Skills

Registered Nurse

HIV care

Sexual health

Transgender care

EMR systems

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Nursing registration

Job description

Registered Nurse – Sexual Health Service – SHBBV Services

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District – Surry Hills NSW

Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time Until 30 June 2027
Position Classification:Registered Nurse
Remuneration:$81,748.17 - $114,771.98 Per annum Plus Superannuation
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ703112
Location: The Albion Centre, Surry Hills
Applications close: 3 November 2026

The Role

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

SESLHD’s Sexual Health and Blood Borne VirusServices (SHBBV) provides leadership,innovation and research in the sector. Services within SHBBV are involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Sexually TransmissibleInfections (STIs) and blood borne viruses at an individual and population level within SESLHD, as well as four statewide services.
Across these services, care is provided via fixed locations and outreach networks to a client base of approximately28,000 individuals. SHBBV hashighly skilled and diverse staff including nursing, medical, allied health, health promotion, administrative and technical staff. It is the largest SHBBV service in Australia.
The Albion Centre is one of three facilities within the Sexual Health clinical services which also includes Sydney Sexual Health Centre and Short Street. These services provide free testing, treatment and management to people effected be HIV, sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis as well as Transgender and gender diverse care.
A key focus of the position is to provide a range of specialist services including HIV management, sexual health assessment, screening and treatment, pre and post exposure prophylaxis, vaccination, health promotion, and care to Transgender and gender diverse clients. The role is primarily based at the Albion Centre.
The role will work in collaboration with local interdisciplinary teams to ensure a streamlined approach to client centred delivery of care across the three Sexual Health facilities. Cross facility support and travel may be required where necessary.

Additional Benefits

• Financial benefits - Salary packaging options - Up to $9K for living expenses, $2.6K meal & entertainment, Novated Leasing; and Discounted Private Health Insurance.
• Work-life balance - Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Professional growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning.
• Health & wellbeing - Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Career development - Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable and to obtain personal regrade to Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 1 status where relevant.

Selection Criteria

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Demonstrated recent clinical experience working in HIV, sexual health and Trans and Gender Diverse healthcare or demonstrated interest in working in HIV, sexual health and Transgender and Gender Diverse healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a fast-paced environment whilst ensuring safe, effective and a high standard of care.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the issues and needs of priority populations attending a publicly funded sexual health service.
• Computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems E.g. Electronic Medical Records (eMR) system, client booking systems and online results management.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
• Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
• Current drivers licence (or a willingness to travel in accordance with the demands of the position).

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplaces are welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and social-economic status. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy for more information.

Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email ***************@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.

Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directiveOccupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseasesfor all positions prior to offer
• We do have an Aboriginal Workforce Team that can also provide support(***************@health.nsw.gov.au)and for additional information please visit ourStepping Up Website