Job Description
Fitzroy location
Friendly and supportive team environment
Permanent 32 hours/week
About the Role
The Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) will provide specialist clinical care, patient consultation, advanced nursing leadership, education and care coordination for patients managed by the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.
The role provides continuity of care across emergency, inpatient and outpatient settings, ensuring patients receive timely, coordinated and evidence-based care throughout their epilepsy journey.
The CNC acts as a consistent point of contact for patients, carers and healthcare professionals, facilitates progression through complex care pathways including epilepsy surgery, supports multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making, and contributes to service development, quality improvement and staff education.
Provide longitudinal care consultation and care coordination for patients with complex epilepsy across outpatient, inpatient and emergency settings.
Act as a designated epilepsy resource for patients requiring non-urgent clinical advice using agreed service communication pathways.
Coordinate patients progressing through the epilepsy surgery pathways (including stereo-EEG), ensuring timely completion of required investigations and multidisciplinary review.
Classifications for this position will be ZJ4 ($113,****** pro rata per annum).
Your Contribution
Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration
National Police Check
Post Graduate Qualification in relevant discipline
Demonstrated experience in neuroscience or epilepsy nursing.
What we Offer
A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
A healthy work/life balance encouraged




Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
In the heart of Fitzroy, CBD at our doorstep, close to some of Melbourne's best cafes, public transport
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 Department of Neurosciences
The Department of Neurosciences is dedicated to delivering excellent, evidence-based and compassionate neurological care to Victorian patients from metropolitan, regional and nearby interstate areas.
Clinical Neurosciences is a multidisciplinary unit dedicated to improving the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders.
The unit provides a complete clinical and diagnostic service and maintains a solid research focus; principally centred on epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and movement disorders.
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.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.




SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings.
You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).
This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19.
Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements.
Closing Date: 10 September *******:59pm
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.
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St Vincent's Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in ****.
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.
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📌 Epilepsy Clinical Nurse Consultant (Melbourne)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 Melbourne