Clinical Nurse Specialist - Virtual Heart Failure Support Program
Employment Type:TemporaryPart Time until September
Position Classification:Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration:$128,301.89 - $132,523.13 + Super
Hours Per Week:28
Requisition ID:REQ679174
Location: Negotiable across HNE
Closing date: 16th of August 2026
Make a lasting impact on heart failure care - without the hospital walls.
Join Hunter New England Local Health District's innovative Virtual Heart Failure Support Program (VHFS) and help shape the future of chronic disease management. Working within a district-wide virtual service, you'll provide specialist support to people living with heart failure as they transition from hospital to home, improving outcomes while helping reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
Where you'll be working
The Virtual Heart Failure Support Program is a collaborative district-wide team comprising experienced Heart Failure Clinical Nurse Specialists and a Transitional Nurse Practitioner. Although team members are based across multiple Hunter Current England locations including Newcastle, Maitland, Manning and Tamworth, the service operates as one integrated virtual team.
Through regular virtual huddles, multidisciplinary collaboration and shared models of care,
you'll support patients across metropolitan, regional and rural communities, ensuring equitable access to specialist heart failure services regardless of where they live.
About the role
As the Clinical Nurse Specialist, you'll deliver virtual post-discharge care to people living with heart failure, supporting them through recovery and empowering them to manage their condition confidently at home.
- Delivering telephone and telehealth consultations.
- Providing patient education and self-management support.
- Coordinating care across hospital, community and primary care services.
- Supporting medication optimisation and evidence-based heart failure management.
- Working closely with GPs, cardiologists, cardiac rehabilitation and multidisciplinary teams.
- Contributing to service improvement, education and quality initiatives across the district.
About you
You’ll be an experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for cardiology and delivering person-centred care. You’ll thrive working independently while remaining connected within a cooperative virtual team.
- Experience in acute or community cardiology or working with patients with chronic disease
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📌 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Virtual Heart Failure Support Program (New South Wales)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 New South Wales
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