SA Health
Job reference: 937240
Location: 5046 - OAKLANDS PARK
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join our Allied Health and Intermediate Care Services Team

Combine clinical expertise with comprehensive case coordination, working collaboratively with existing healthcare services and local providers to ensure seamless service delivery. The Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Liaison Nurse Consultant is a specialised nursing role that provides essential care coordination, education and support for people accessing VAD services across regional South Australia. 

About the role: 

Reporting to the Nursing Director, this role is responsible for ensuring all policies, procedures and service models meet the diverse needs of regional SA.

Duties for the role will include:

• Provides consistent, accurate and current information to consumers and service providers about VAD and how to access it within regional LHN within South Australia.
• Works closely with people accessing VAD to individualise VAD support to specifically meet the needs of the person, family and carers. 
• Contributes to the development of, implementation of, and monitoring of corporate policies and processes relevant to VAD.
• Contributes specific expertise to monitor and evaluate research activities in order to improve nursing practice and service delivery in the area of VAD and end of life care.
• Provides leadership and direction, acts as a role model, mentor, consultant and resource person.

About you:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication (both written and verbal), problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills including the ability to engage in difficult conversations.
• Demonstrated well developed interpersonal skills that foster trust, respect, confidence and cooperation with colleagues, patients, families, multi-disciplinary team members and, senior staff

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Kate Fernandez, Nursing Director, SA Voluntary Assisted Dying Care Navigator Service, 0435 652 739 kate.fernandez@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 10 May 2026

Attachments:

• Nurse Consultant - VAD Liaison Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 937240

Applications close: 10/05/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.