Become a McGrath Cancer Care Nurse
McGrath Cancer Care Nurses are registered nurses (RNs) who have undertaken specialist education and training in caring for people with cancer. A McGrath Cancer Care Nurse has background in oncology and/or palliative care nursing and has or is working towards tertiary qualifications specific to caring for people following a cancer diagnosis.
In addition, all McGrath Cancer Care Nurses have a genuine desire to make a difference and support individuals and their families undergoing cancer treatment by offering information, clinical care and psychosocial support from the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment.
Why I’m passionate about cancer care
Sam Moules – Metastatic McGrath Breast Care Nurse since 2016
“Trying to help people with cancer is the most satisfying thing. I get touched by it every day. Once a patient is told their breast cancer has spread, it’s ‘oh my god, I’m going to die’. They have to go through grief, the loss of control to come to a stage when they learn to accept that metastatic breast cancer is now a part of me, a part of the rest of my life. We’re there to keep them disease-free or disease-stable for as long as possible. Trust in any relationship, you have to build over time and it’s the little things that I probably do that go a long way for them.”
To become a cancer care nurse you need to…
Be a registered nurse
With a minimum of five year’s post registration experience
in either surgical or medical oncology
Have at least three years recent full time equivalent experience in oncology, palliative care.
or care stream specific nursing
Have post graduate qualifications
in cancer care nursing – oncology and/or palliative care
Positions available
The McGrath Foundation provides funding to medical providers in communities right across Australia to employ McGrath Cancer Care Nurses. To be notified when a position is opened, please fill out the form below.
McGrath Breast Care Nurse – Joondalup, WA
Applications are now open for a McGrath Breast Care Nurse position at Joondalup Health Campus. This position is a SRN Level 2 working 0.8 FTE.
McGrath Breast Care Nurse – Kimberley, WA
Applications are now open for a McGrath Breast Care Nurse position in the Kimberley region. WA Country Health Service is recruiting for the 0.4 FTE position at an SRN Level 2.
McGrath Cancer Care Nurse – Illawarra & South Coast, NSW
Applications are now open for two temporary part time 19 hours per week McGrath Cancer Care Nurse positions, one based at the Illawarra Cancer Care Centre and one based at the Shoalhaven Cancer Care Centre.
McGrath Cancer Care Nurse – Sutherland, NSW
Applications are now open for a new McGrath Cancer Care Nurse position based at The Sutherland Hospital in South Eastern Sydney. This is 1.0 FTE Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 position which will be based within Oncology services.
McGrath Cancer Care Nurse – Western Health, VIC
Applications are now open for a McGrath Cancer Care Nurse position within Western Health, Victoria.
Metastatic McGrath Breast Care Nurse – Rockhampton, QLD
Applications are open for a new dedicated Metastatic McGrath Breast Care Nurse position based in Rockhampton, Queensland. This is a 0.6 FTE Clinical Nurse Consultant position.
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