Clinical Nurse Consultant - Organ Donation
Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350
Permanent Part Time | 20 Hours per week
ZA7 – ZA8 | $66.08 - $67.66 per hour
About the Role
DonateLife Victoria works to maximise access to organ and tissue donation by implementing national strategies and driving best practice across Victorian hospitals. As a Nurse Donation Specialist (NDS), you will play a key role in creating influence, supporting hospital teams, and facilitating organ and tissue donation to improve outcomes for patients and families across Australia.
This role is suited to an experienced senior nurse who can work autonomously, communicate with sensitivity, and lead change within clinical teams and is paid at a ZA7-ZA8.
What you’ll do
- Champion and implement the Best Practice Guidelines for Offering Organ and Tissue Donation
- Operate in alignment with the Human Tissue Act 1982
- Lead and embed all elements of the Clinical Practice Improvement Program (CPIP) and support Hospital Action Plan (HAP) reporting
- Facilitate organ and tissue donation processes within your hospital, under the guidance of senior donation leads
- Assess and collate clinical information to determine donation suitability
- Obtain informed consent from families and ensure all legal documentation is completed
- Provide information to donor families with compassion, clarity and professionalism
Key Responsibilities
- Role‑model positive behaviours to promote donation culture
- Drive best‑practice donation processes in your hospital
- Participate in governance, audit, committee and working‑group activity
- Support statewide strategy, education and awareness initiatives
- Maintain strict confidentiality and comply with all legal requirements
- Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and escalate appropriately
Skills & Experience
- Current AHPRA registration (General)
- Extensive senior nursing or clinical leadership experience
- Ability to work autonomously and resolve complex problems
- Personal resilience and ability to navigate sensitive circumstancesHighly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including:
- Advanced negotiation skills
- Ability to engage empathetically with bereaved families
- Ability to lead stakeholders toward shared goals
- Intermediate computer skills
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The Nurse Donation Specialist plays a vital role in ensuring families are supported, donor wishes are honoured, and the gift of donation can safely proceed. This is a role with deep purpose, meaningful impact, and the opportunity to influence both clinical practice and patient outcomes across Victoria.
Interested?
Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Megan Youngson on 0418 600 254 for a confidential discussion.
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
