Child and Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

Lead specialised perinatal and infant mental health care

Make a lasting impact on vulnerable children and families

Join a collaborative, multidisciplinary community health team

Build stronger futures for children and families. Lead, assess and coordinate specialised perinatal care while empowering teams through expert clinical leadership.

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration:$128,301.89 - $132,523.13 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38 (Job Share may be considered for part time hours – minimum commitment of 32 hours per week)

Location: The Hills Community Health Centre

Where you'll be working

Western Sydney Local Health District's Integrated and Community Health Service supports children and families across one of Australia's most diverse and rapidly growing populations. While based at The Hills Community Health Centre, you will work across multiple community health sites, including Merrylands and Auburn, to deliver care where it is needed most.

What you'll be doing

As the Child and Family Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS2), you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist nursing expertise across Child and Family Health services. You will support women, infants and families experiencing psychosocial vulnerability through evidence-based assessment, intervention, consultation and coordinated care.

- Provide specialist consultation and expert clinical guidance for complex perinatal, infant and family presentations
- Deliver comprehensive perinatal and infant mental health assessments,



care planning and targeted interventions
- Coordinate care and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to support integrated family care pathways
- Mentor and support Child and Family Health clinicians, strengthening capability, clinical decision‐making and service quality
- Identify and manage clinical risk while delivering high‐quality, family‐centred care and maintaining skilled standards

Selection Criteria

- 1. Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) plus post graduate qualifications in child and family health nursing with at least 3 years fulltime equivalent clinical experience and postgraduate certificate in Perinatal and infant mental health or working towards with completion within 12 months of employment.
- 2. Demonstrated ability to practice in accordance with the Registered Nurse Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics for Nurses, and Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
- 3. Demonstrated advanced clinical skills and expertise and ability to provide complex care planning for children and their families with psychosocial or emotional vulnerabilities.
- 4.



Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively both independently and as part of the multidisciplinary health care team.
- 5. Demonstrated clinical expertise, and the ability to lead and foster innovation and quality improvement to enhance care provision within child and family health models of care and service delivery.
- 6. Demonstrated ability to provide leadership including education and skill development within the specialty of child and family health during the Perinatal period
- 7. Highly developed communication skills (verbal, written and interpersonal) including proficiency in clinical documentation and use of information technology.
- 8. Advanced assessment and identification of risk, vulnerability, and safety concerns for children and young people and skilled application of mandatory reporting requirements, risk of significant harm (ROSH) assessments, and documentation.

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ .

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

For inquiries about the role, contact Shona Ryan on ***@health.nsw.gov.au

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