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Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 (CNC2) - CFMHS Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic (TRC) Surry Hills Justice Health - PPT (16hpw)

🔍 Surry Hills, Surry Hills Justice Health | Sydney

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Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
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REQ650471 Requisition #

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Gde 2
Remuneration: $68.50 - $69.86 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ650471

Applications Closed: 27 April 2026 at 11:59pm AEST


Position Title: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 (CNC2) - CFMHS Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic (TRC) Surry Hills Justice Health - PPT (16hpw)


 

 

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are Just the Place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most!

 

Be part of a supportive environment, where you can apply your skills to address complex healthcare needs while broadening your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes. 

 

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

 

 

The Role

 

The Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 (CNC2) position will work within the multidisciplinary team to provide specialist forensic mental health services to adult patients across NSW. The CNC2 will provide consultation, liaison, and supervision to NSW Health treating teams, independent health practitioners and other key stakeholders from Primary Health Networks and the Department of Community and Justice to optimise the patient’s biopsychosocial treatment and recovery and build stakeholder’s capacity to manage problem behaviours in the community. 

 


 Essential Requirements:

  • Current authority to practice unrestricted as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
  • Minimum of five years full time equivalent post qualification experience, with at least three years full time equivalent experience in forensic mental health nursing and post graduate qualifications in mental health or equivalent experience deemed appropriate by the Health Service.
  • National Criminal Record Check and Working with Children Check.

 

 

Our service and location:

Justice Health NSW is a state-wide, Board governed, Specialty Network delivering healthcare services to adults and young people who come into contact with, or who are at risk of coming into contact with, the criminal justice system, across secure inpatient, custodial, court and community settings. The Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic (TRC) is one of three services within the NSW Community Forensic Mental Health Service (CFMHS). The TRC adopts a multi-disciplinary, collaborative model of care focused on recovery, rehabilitation, and community safety. It provides evidence-based biopsychosocial treatment and rehabilitation services to support people in achieving recovery from complex disorders that result in problematic behaviours including offending.   

The TRC is a community-based clinic but will also provide initial prison in-reach services to support future clinic patients, to optimise safety and treatment success. The initial focus of the service will be the provision of evidence-based assessment and treatment for problem sexual behaviours. In the longer term, the clinic will also focus on other problem behaviours. The home site for this position will be in Surry Hills, however until the clinical accommodation is available the position will operate from Justice Health Olympic Park (JHOP), or within LHD or CSNSW office space, as determined by the Team Leader.   
 
 

Salary & Benefits

 

 

Your salary of $68.50 - $69.86 per hour plus superannuation is just the beginning. You’ll have access to:

·        Additional allowances and salary packaging options.

·        Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression opportunities.

·        Support from a passionate & enthusiastic management team.

·        Eligibility for Fitness Passport

 

 

Diversity & Inclusivity

 

 

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.

 

*This is also a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

 

READY TO APPLY?

The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following targeted questions:

  

 

 

  1. Please share specific examples of your knowledge and clinical experience in assessing and managing patients with complex mental health needs, including problem sexual behaviours. Consider your experience individually and as a member of a multidisciplinary team.  

 

  1. How do you contribute to creating a supportive and therapeutic environment for patients with mental health issues and/or problem sexual behaviours? Can you provide an example of how you may support stakeholders involved in the patient’s care to do the same.

 


 

Need more information? 
  1) Click here for the Position Description 
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Kathleen Harle on kate.harle@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 27 April 2026 at 11:59pm AEST

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