About the role

The Mater Mothers’ Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This is a maximum-term, 8-week position offered on a part-time basis, based at our South Brisbane Campus.

The Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist is a Registered Nurse with advanced expertise in supporting nursing and midwifery teams to deliver high-quality, patient and family-centred care.

This role provides clinical leadership across practice, education, research, and patient safety, acting as a key resource within the critical care environment. The position coordinates care and works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of care for vulnerable neonatal patients.

Salary range: $68.86 - $74.76 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

• To provide clinical support 24 hours per day for High risk/complex neonatal patients and their families across MMH.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team with the aim to keep the mother baby dyad together when baby is requiring additional care/monitoring or observations.
• Provide organisational awareness of the most at-risk infants/families and to communicate this to leadership within business hours and afterhours management including at medical handover and safety huddles.
• Provide direct patient care when required to facilitate clinical transfers of babies on postnatal floors to different areas for care or investigations.
• Reviewing of babies identified with additional needs, care requirements or follow-up before discharge from postnatal floors.
• Support palliative care infants, their families and midwifery and nursing staff with assessment, symptom management and coordination of care.
• Proficiency in completing baby checks for babies on the postnatal floors before discharge
• Demonstrate competency in the delivering of advanced clinical skills (e.g. PIVC insertion)
• Educate the multi-disciplinary team on specifics of neonatal care to improve care outcomes and family experience
• Assist with neonatal programs across MMH (NBS)
• Support the neonatal team with provision of antenatal counselling for non-case managed women with high-risk pregnancies

About you
You will have extensive experience practicing as a Neonatal Nurse with complex and unwell babies with the ability to provide expert clinical advice. You will bring extensive leadership experience within a in a complex hospital environment paired with excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Essential qualifications

• Current registration with APHRA.
• Minimum of 5 years+ experience in Neonatal Critical care.
• Neonatal qualification (graduate certificate or higher)

Desired qualifications

• Experience in clinical leadership
• Experience in quality improvement or research
• Master’s qualification or working towards

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 12 hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education,  fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.

• Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
• Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
• Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
• Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few!)
• Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
• Convenient, discounted on-site parking
• Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
• Join Queensland’s Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.

Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater. #GETBETTERWITHMATER

For more information regarding the role, please contact Amanda Bates E: Amanda.bates@mater.org.au

Applications close Friday the 5th of June 2026 –please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW.

Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).

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