Job Description:

Role title: Registered Nurse (Year 2 - 8)

Role type: Permanent part time (16 hours per week)

Shift details: Monday - Friday (with on call requirements including weekends)

Department and location: Heart Lung Clinic, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Salary: $86,183.34 - $114,771.98 (pro-rata) + super. 

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to heart and lung transplant, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical circulatory support and respiratory patients within a specialist outpatient clinic
• Assess, plan, coordinate and evaluate patient care, including triage, outpatient therapies and infusions, vaccinations, patient education, and the coordination of planned and urgent admissions
• Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team, including Clinical Nurse Specialists and external healthcare providers, to ensure safe, timely and seamless continuity of care
• Provide expert clinical support by monitoring patient conditions, responding to clinical changes and patient enquiries, and coordinating referrals to optimise patient outcomes
• Contribute to service excellence through leadership, quality improvement initiatives, professional development, and a commitment to delivering safe, person-centred care in line with best practice standards

About you

• Currently registered as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency
• Demonstrated ability to work within the interdisciplinary team using effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated effective time management skills and ability to prioritise competing workloads within a complex environment
• Demonstrated evidence of integration of theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, critical thinking and analysis in your daily practice
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 30 October 2026.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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