Clinical Nurse Consultant

You are applying for the position of Clinical Nurse Consultant with Dementia Australia . Please fill in your details below to submit an application for this position.

This position is located in : Glenside

Close date : Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 11 : 59pm

Work at Dementia Australia and be part of a passionate team committed to making a difference. We value our people and are proud to offer flexibility, attractive salary packaging options and employee support programs.

About the role

Full time permanent position based at Glenside SA, servicing across SA metro area.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant for the Nightingale Program will work as a sole practitioner and be responsible for the provision of nursing, dementia and palliative assessments, information, guidance, and support to enable people and their families to live well during the advancing and end stages of dementia.

This autonomous role will incorporate providing dementia and nursing specific education for professionals, raising awareness for the general public and capacity building with service providers.

You can find more information on the Nightingale Program on our Dementia Australia website at the following link - https : / / www.dementia.org.au / get-support / nightingale-program

Reporting directly to the Team Leader – Clinical Nurse Consultant, you will be responsible for :

• Undertaking a high standard of nursing assessment utilising standardised nursing assessment tools appropriate to the clinical presentation
• Providing detailed care planning following assessment, using a person centred and multidisciplinary team approach
• Providing information including psycho-educational and psycho-social interventions and resources about complex health symptoms associated with dementia, end stage dementia and end of life to people diagnosed with dementia, their families and carers

What is in it for you?

Salary benefits : We offer all employees the opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 each year for living expenses and up to $2,650 each year for meal and entertainment benefits.

Leave allowances : In addition to your annual leave allowance, you will receive one day paid birthday leave, paid days off during our end of year closure period (if these days fall within your regular working schedule), up to six weeks parental leave and 17.5% annual leave loading.

Work / life balance : Flexible work arrangements.

Employee benefits : Access to discounts and savings at over 450 retailers across Australia. Wellbeing programs and access to free and confidential counselling sessions for you and your family plus access to continuous professional development, staff recognition programs and paid study leave.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with the following :

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About us

Dementia Australia is the national peak body and source of trusted information, education and services for the more than 433,300 Australians living with dementia, and the more than 1.7 million people involved in their care. We advocate for positive change and support vital research. We are here to support people impacted by dementia, and to enable them to live as well as possible. No matter how you are impacted by dementia or who you are, we are here for you.

For specific role enquiries, please contact Recruitment@dementia.org.au

Please note, applications that do not contain a covering letter that addresses each of the key selection criteria in the ‘About you’ section, will not be considered.

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