Clinical Nurse Consultant - Pain Management

Permanent Full Time | 38 Hours per week

ZF4 - ZA7 | $59.79 - $68.07 per hour 

About the Role

This is primarily a supportive role to the lead CNC  Pain Service  Coordinator, contributing to innovation and best-practice acute pain management in line with Australian and industry standards. The role is a key member of the Pain Service within the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, ensuring optimal acute pain management for all patients, including paediatrics. It supports the ongoing education of staff, promotes evidence-based practice, and assists nursing teams across Grampians Health Ballarat to deliver high-quality, patient-centred pain care. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical support for pain management through consultation with nursing staff, multidisciplinary teams, and consumers, including clear documentation and communication of Acute Pain Service plans.

• Monitor and audit analgesic practices, adverse events, and clinical issues within the Pain Service, with dissemination of findings and risk management through RiskMan analysis.

• Maintain and update pain management policies, protocols, and clinical standards to ensure safe, evidence-based practice.

• Lead and deliver education in pain management, including competency frameworks for programmable analgesic devices and broader pain-related education to support staff compliance.

• Contribute to service improvement by maintaining clinical expertise and participating in the evaluation of new equipment, products, and innovations relevant to the Acute Pain Service.

Skills & Experience

• Eligible for AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a minimum of five years’ relevant clinical experience in an Australian hospital and demonstrated expertise and interest in pain management.

• Demonstrated leadership capability with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively, engaging and supporting staff to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.

• Holds (or is working towards) relevant postgraduate qualifications, with ideally a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or equivalent), and involvement in professional organisations and education.

• Advanced clinical competence in acute pain management, including regional and intravenous programmable analgesic devices, supported by strong research, audit, and analytical skills.

• Highly developed communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills, strong computer literacy, and a professional approach aligned with Grampians Health Ballarat values and behaviours.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here.
 

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Jenny Dodson, Clinical Nurse Consultant - Pain Management on jenny.dodson@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion. 

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

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This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2028 and relavent clinical experience. The classification is Clinical Nurse Consultant (ZF4-ZA7) which ranges from $59.79 - $68.07 per hour.

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+.