Wellbeing Health In Reach Coordinator

Far West Local Health District; Murray (KY); On-site; USD 89,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Novated Leasing

Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) monthly

Fitness Passport and EAP

Isolation allowance

Professional development support

Country lifestyle

Job summary

Far West Local Health District is seeking a Wellbeing and Health in-reach Nurse (WHIN) Coordinator CNS2 to support school-aged children and young people. The role provides expert clinical nursing in schools, coordinating health, wellbeing and social care services with multiple agencies.

The CNS2 will lead with autonomy, ensure high quality care, and foster interagency collaboration to improve outcomes for children and families in the Far West region.

Qualifications

• Current RN registration with 3+ years post-registration experience with children and young people.
• Post-registration qualification in child health/paediatrics, or adolescent health nursing.
• Demonstrated ability to engage families to address health problems and liaise with health services.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate identification of health, wellbeing and social needs for school-aged children.
• Provide complex health care coordination for students in designated schools.
• Lead interagency collaboration to access services across multiple agencies and professions.

Skills

Interagency collaboration

Leadership

Verbal & written communication

Health promotion & early intervention

Family engagement

Electronic medical records

Driver's license

Education

Nursing registration (AHPRA)

Post-registration qualification in child health/paediatrics

Tools

eHealth systems

Job description

This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata’d to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme. This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2

Remuneration: $128,301.89 - $132,523.13 + superannuation

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ702958

Location: Buronga NSW

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• Opportunity to live and work in one Australia's biggest food and wine bowl
• Only a short 45min flight to Melbourne, 2 hours to Sydney or drive 4.5 hour to Adelaide

What You'll Be Doing

The Wellbeing and Health in-reach Nurse (WHIN) Coordinator CNS2 is responsible for facilitating identification of health, wellbeing and social needs and the coordination of appropriate early intervention, assessments, and referral to services for school-aged children and young people attending designated primary and secondary schools.

The WHIN Coordinator CNS2 is a Registered Nurse who works in identified local schools and applies their specialist clinical nursing knowledge, experience and skill in providing complex health care coordination for school aged children, young people and their families in these schools.

The WHIN Coordinator CNS2 role requires leadership, specialist skills, capacity for a significant level of autonomy and independent work in an interagency context. Coordination of access to services across multiple agencies, professions and groups will be part of the role.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse Division 1 National Registration (AHPRA) with a minimum of 3 years post registration clinical experience working with children and young people, a post registration qualification related to the specialty area of child and family health, or paediatrics, or adolescent / youth health nursing practice or other related area.
• Demonstrated understanding of and experience working with children and young people, including marginalised and at-risk groups, and health promotion, prevention and early intervention approaches and evidence based practice.
• Demonstrated capacity to engage with families to address various health and mental health problems for children and young people and effectively liaise with health and social services involved in their care.
• Demonstrated ability to work within an interagency context, with an emphasis on relationship building, service delivery, quality of care and team cohesion, and an ability to identify and improve opportunities to enhance integration of care for children, young people and families.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including advanced verbal and written skills; an ability to negotiate and problem solve; and the capacity to collaborate with and influence health and other professionals.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to utilise electronic communication and medical record systems across a variety of applications, including eHealth technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in the provision and development of clinical practice by utilisation of evidence based research with a demonstrated understanding of current NSW Ministry of Health Policies and National and State Standards in relation to children and young people.
• Current NSW State driver's licence (including P1 or above) and willingness to use for work purposes.

What We Offer You

• Salary packaging (pay less tax!), enjoy up to $9k for living expenses, $2.6k for meals and entertainment.
• Novated Leasing.
• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month.
• Fitness Passport and EAP to maintain your health and wellbeing.
• Isolation and Climate Allowance.
• Professional development with support through advanced education & training to help you develop your career.
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing.

About The Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. FWLHD has a mandate to provide the highest quality care and services to its communities using the latest clinical evidence and technological enablers. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill 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

For role related queries or questions contact Kara Leonard on [e-mail]

Applications Close

5 November 2026

Stepping Up

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About

If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don't just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

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