Nurse Clinical Specialist - Oncology/Cancer Council

Posted: 8 Dec 2025

Location: Katherine, NT

Join NT Health as a Clinical Nurse Specialist - Oncology.

Nurse Lev­el 4 — Remu­ner­a­tion Pack­age Range $145,600 — $156,296 (includ­ing salary $123,717 — $134,257)

Med­ical Day Stay Unit

Kather­ine, North­ern Territory 

Fixed full time for 12 months

Are you a pas­sion­ate nurse look­ing to grow your career in oncol­o­gy? NT Health and Can­cer Coun­cil NT are seek­ing a ded­i­cat­ed Clin­i­cal Nurse Spe­cial­ist to pro­vide spe­cialised can­cer care at Kather­ine Hos­pi­tal and sup­port patients and fam­i­lies across the Big Rivers Region. This full-tie, 12-month fixed term role is per­fect for expe­ri­enced nurs­es or those moti­vat­ed to devel­op into an N4 spe­cial­ist role through as struc­tured learn­ing and devel­op­ment program. 

About the Role

In this joint­ly fund­ed posi­tion, you will:

  • Deliv­er patient-cen­tred, evi­denced-based oncol­o­gy and haema­tol­ogy care
  • Coor­di­nate Can­cer Coun­cil NT sup­port ser­vices, includ­ing coun­selling and psy­cho-social support
  • Work along­side and men­tor less expe­ri­enced nurs­ing and mid­wifery staff
  • Col­lab­o­rate with a mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary team to ensure high-qual­i­ty care across the region.

Not yet an N4? Don’t wor­ry! This role could include a struc­tured learn­ing and devel­op­ment plan to sup­port your pro­gres­sion to N4 respon­si­bil­i­ties as you achieve the required competencies. 

Why Kather­ine?

Kather­ine is a vibrant region­al hub with a pop­u­la­tion of approx­i­mate­ly 11,000, serv­ing a broad­er Big Rivers Region of 22,000. The area is rich in cul­ture, with strong con­nec­tions to the Jawoyn, War­der­man, and Dago­man peo­ples. The region offers a mul­ti­tude of out­door, camp­ing, fish­ing, four-wheel dri­ving, hik­ing, and moun­tain bik­ing activ­i­ties. It is close to Kakadu and Litch­field Nation­al Parks, Kather­ine Gorge, and in rel­a­tive­ly prox­im­i­ty to oth­er places such as the Kim­ber­ley, Gre­go­ry Nation­al Park, Mataran­ka hot springs, the Red Cen­tre, and count­less oth­er bush camp­ing sites.

Katherine’s com­mu­ni­ty spir­it makes it an easy place to meet peo­ple and make new friends. Relo­ca­tion assis­tance may be avail­able to suc­cess­ful applicants

Explore work­ing for the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Government.

Explore work­ing for the NT Health.

https://​health​.nt​.gov​.au/

Explore Kather­ine and the Big Rivers Region

https://​jointheter​ri​to​ry​.nt​.gov​.au/​_​_​d​a​t​a​/​a​s​s​e​t​s​/​p​d​f​_​f​i​l​e​/​0005​/​1329098​/​B​i​g​_​R​i​v​e​r​s​_​r​e​g​i​o​n​a​l​_​g​u​i​d​e.pdf

https://​jointheter​ri​to​ry​.nt​.gov​.au/​m​o​v​e​/​r​e​g​i​o​n​a​l​-​l​i​v​i​n​g​-​g​u​i​d​e​s​/​k​a​t​h​e​r​i​n​e​-​a​n​d​-​s​u​r​r​ounds

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion about this vacan­cy please contact: 

The Clin­i­cal Employ­ment Team on 08 8973 9162 or BRR.​ClinicalEmployment@​nt.​gov.​au

Quote vacan­cy number: 70253139

Appli­ca­tions should con­sist of a one page sum­ma­ry sheet, resume / CV and copies of rel­e­vant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Descrip­tion or to view career oppor­tu­ni­ties in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Gov­ern­ment please vis­it https://​jobs​.nt​.gov​.au/​H​o​m​e​/​S​earch