Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2), Centralised Intake Coordinator - St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney

Role title:Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2) - Centralised Intake Coordinator

Role type:Max term contract full time (until June 2027)

Department andlocation:Chronic and Complex Care Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst

Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population , providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

Provide advanced clinical leadership to the community services intake function, ensuring timely, equitable and patient-centred access to care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders, you will coordinate referrals, clinical triage and service access while supporting quality outcomes and operational efficiency.

Lead the centralised intake function, coordinating the referral, clinical triage, prioritisation and allocation of referrals to ensure timely access to community-based services.

Manage service demand and waitlists by monitoring referral activity, prioritising care needs and reduce waiting times and optimise service capacity.

Provide expert clinical leadership and decision-making, ensuring referrals are assessed and allocated in accordance with clinical need, service criteria and best practice standards.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, referrers, general practitioners, hospitals and community providers to facilitate coordinated, seamless and patient-centred care.

Monitor, analyse and report on referral, waitlist and service activity data to identify trends, inform workforce planning and support continuous service improvement.

Practice with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, demonstrating advanced nursing expertise, leadership and delegation in accordance with professional standards and organisational requirements.

About you

Currently registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency

Relevant post-registration qualifications and at least three years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification

Demonstrated ability to work within the interdisciplinary team at a senior level

Ability to provide chronic respiratory input, health coaching and education to clients in multiple clinical settings including within their own homes

Previous experience providing assessment and treatment to patients with chronic heart failure or experience managing patients with a cardiac background

What we can offer you

Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes

Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives

Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre

Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care

Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships

Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Coming from NSW Health? Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.