Clinical Nurse Consultant - Palliative and End of Life Care

About Warrigal  

At Warrigal, our vision is simple yet profound: to create a world where older people feel known, loved, and connected.  Our values – Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Compassion - guide our approach and purpose—Enabling older people live their best lives on their terms.  We’re dedicated to providing dignity, community, and belonging to all older people.   

We believe in creating joyful experiences, lasting memories, and a society that celebrates aging. Every team member at Warrigal contributes to this legacy, ensuring it continues to inspire generations to come.  

The opportunity  

This is an opportunity to make a real difference in the way palliative and end of life care is delivered across Warrigal. As a CNC, you’ll use your expertise to support teams to provide compassionate, person-centred care that prioritises comfort, dignity, choice and quality of life for residents and clients approaching the end of life. 

You’ll work alongside our clinical teams to provide expert advice, support complex care needs and build confidence in recognising and responding to palliative and end of life needs. You’ll help teams plan ahead, have meaningful conversations with residents and families, and ensure care reflects each person’s wishes, values and preferences. 

A key part of the role will be building the capability of our Registered Nurses and multidisciplinary teams. Through education, coaching, mentoring and clinical support, you’ll help strengthen good practice and build the confidence and skills needed to deliver high-quality palliative care. 

You’ll also help shape the systems and practices that support consistent care across Warrigal, including advance care planning, clinical governance, education, quality improvement and evidence-based practice. 

This role will suit an experienced CNC who is passionate about improving end of life care and supporting others to do the same. You’ll bring strong clinical expertise, sound judgement and a collaborative approach, together with a genuine commitment to ensuring every resident and client receives compassionate, respectful and dignified care throughout their palliative care journey. 

This role will require regular travel across all Warrigal facilities, working closely with teams at each site to support consistent, high-quality palliative and end of life care. 

The benefits | Recognising the difference you make 

• Base salary circa $150k + packaging benefits + super 
• Full time position | 38 hours | RDO accrual - Potential Part time position of 32 hours may be considered 
• Opportunity for professional and career development 
• Maximise your take home pay with Not-for-Profit salary packaging - Increase your wage, pay up to $18,550 less tax per year, meaning more money for you 
• Subsidised access to your local gym and 200+ more across the country with a Fitness Passport 
• 24/7 access to mental, physical, social, and financial support via the LifeWorks app 

The requirements | What it takes to do this work   

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1, General) 
• Completed postgraduate qualification in a relevant specialty such as palliative care, oncology, aged care, primary care, clinical education or clinical governance 
• Demonstrated capability as a Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 level, with a minimum of 5 years' experience in a advanced practice role. 
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, review and improve palliative care and end of life systems, pathways, tools and documentation across multiple sites 
• Strong understanding of palliative and end of life care in aged care, including advanced care planning, goals of care, recognition of deterioration, symptom assessment, anticipatory planning, family/supporter meetings, terminal phase care and bereavement support. 
• Experience using clinical data, audits and incident reviews to identify risks, drive improvement and evaluate outcomes 
• Willingness to travel across sites to provide targeted clinical consultancy and support based on organisational priorities and resident need. 

What our people love about working here                        

We support our older people to feel known, loved and connected. On an everyday level, we help them age with dignity, independence, happiness, and connectedness. On a big picture level, we’re challenging ageist thinking in Australia. 

Who we are | A community who cares  

Warrigal has firmly established itself in the aged care community for over 60 years. We’re proud of the diverse range of retirement living and aged care services we’ve built up in that time, but we still have the same appetite to grow and innovate. Meaning, you’ll have the chance to move around, get promoted or explore different areas across our expanding business in Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Queanbeyan, and Canberra – if that’s what you want.   

Create a meaningful legacy   

At Warrigal, you’re not just doing care work. You’re shaping a society that respects and celebrates ageing, connects families, and frees up their time to create treasured, lasting memories. You’re creating a culture of kindness, compassion and understanding, that can be passed down to future generations. Let this be your legacy. 

JOIN US AND BE THE DIFFERENCE 

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, workers of all abilities, ages and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply and join our community. 

Are you keen? Then don’t delay applying. We review applications as we get them and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.  

We appreciate your interest. Please submit your application through the official application process, as we're unable to accept applications by email. 

If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.