Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3.2
Salary: $144,410 plus superannuation
Position No: 22379 - 02QOA
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 June 2026
Contact Officer: Erin Wells on [email protected] or 0412501716
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
About the Role:
Are you ready for your next challenge? Then this is the role for you!
Join a dynamic and diverse clinical environment within the Central Outpatient Department at Canberra Hospital, part of the Division of Cancer and Ambulatory Support. This busy and multidisciplinary service delivers high-quality, clinic-based care across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties, offering a unique opportunity to work alongside expert teams in areas such as neurology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, orthopaedics, and more.
As Clinical Nurse Manager, you will take on a rewarding leadership role that blends clinical expertise with operational management. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Nursing, you will guide and support a dedicated team, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, and patient-centred care while overseeing the day-to-day coordination of services.
You will play a pivotal role in fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders, ensuring that clinical standards, policies, and processes are upheld. With responsibility for both service delivery and governance, you will contribute to strategic direction, maintain accountability for clinical excellence, and support effective resource management.
This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced nurse leader to make a meaningful impact within a supportive and forward-thinking environment, while shaping the future of outpatient care at Canberra Hospital.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
Notes: This is a temporary position available for 6 - 12 months with possibility of extension and or permanency.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
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