Specialist Nurse, After Hours Triage

St Vincent's Health Australia Limited; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 134,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee counselling

Fitness Passport

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

St Vincent’s Health Australia is seeking a Specialist Nurse to provide advanced clinical expertise, telephone triage, and specialist palliative care advice through the After-Hours Telephone Triage Service, based at Caritas Christi, Kew.

The role delivers timely clinical assessment and guidance to patients receiving palliative care in the Victorian community, supporting families and carers, with four-hour weekday afternoon/evening shifts and a 7.5-hour weekend/public-holiday shift (1.00 pm–9.30

Qualifications

• Degree in general nursing and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency
• Postgraduate qualification in palliative care
• Minimum of five years full time equivalent, post-registration experience in specialist palliative care nursing
• Minimum of three years working in community palliative care services

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical expertise, telephone triage, and palliative care advice
• Deliver timely clinical assessment and support to patients and families
• Coordinate with specialist community palliative care providers and emergency services

Skills

Registered nurse

Palliative care experience

Clinical assessment

Telephone triage

Education

Degree in general nursing

Postgraduate qualification in palliative care

Job description

Job Description

• Based at Caritas Christi, Kew
• Permanent, Part Time position available (12 hours per week)
• Excellent benefits including salary packaging!

About the Role

The Specialist Nurse provides advanced clinical expertise, telephone triage, and specialist palliative care advice through the After-Hours Telephone Triage Service.

The primary purpose of the role is to deliver timely clinical assessment, support, and guidance to patients receiving palliative care in the Victorian community, as well as their families and carers.

The After-Hours Telephone Triage Service operates seven days per week, including public holidays, with coverage provided from 3.00 pm to 10.00 pm Monday to Sunday, 7.00 am to 3.30 pm on weekends and public holidays, and overnight from 9.30 pm to 7.30 am.

This position provides additional clinical support to the service, working four-hour weekday afternoon/evening shifts and a 7.5-hour shift from 1.00 pm to 9.30 pm on weekends and public holidays.

The Specialist Nurse acts as a key link between patients, carers, specialist community palliative care providers, and emergency services, ensuring coordinated, safe, and responsive care.

The role supports symptom management, clinical decision-making, and navigation of healthcare services, with the aim of enabling patients to remain safely supported in their preferred care setting whenever possible.

Classification for this position is YY7 ($121.695.60 per annum, pro rata).

Your Contribution

• Degree in general nursing and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency
• Postgraduate qualification in palliative care
• Minimum of five years full time equivalent, post-registration experience in specialist palliative care nursing
• Minimum of three years working in community palliative care services

What we Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the After-Hours Triage Service

The After-Hours Triage Service provides after-hours support to patients and their carers admitted to specialist community palliative care providers across the state as well as patients of the SVHM Palliative Care@Home program.

The role of the nurse is to provide specialist clinical advice and support to patients and their carers across Victoria.

The service is located onsite at the inpatient unit, Caritas Christi Kew, and is a part of the broader Palliative Care Services that includes the Palliative Care Consultancy Service that provides specialist palliative care advice, support and consultation to clinicians, patients, families within SVHM, St George’s Hospital, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, aged care facilities and other affiliate organisations.

Working at St Vincent’s St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service.

SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Closing Date

Closing Date: 9 December 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan

Reconciliation Action Plan: At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [e-mail]

St Vincent’s Health Australia

St Vincent’s Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in 1857. Founded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent’s is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD. Our founder, Mary Aikenhead’s vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do. From modest beginnings, St Vincent’s Health Australia is today the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities. The St Vincent’s family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.