Nurse Practitioner / Transitional Nurse Practitioner (NNSWLHD)- Older Persons - Tweed Valley
Make a new start in your career and life. Join a welcoming, supportive healthcare community, with professional development opportunities + more!
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time/Part Time
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Remuneration: $139,661.16 - $149,538.56 per annum pro rata
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ559153
We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.
If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.
You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.
Exciting opportunity to join Tweed Valley Hospital, a new, major referral hospital at the heart of the network of hospitals and health facilities across the Tweed-Byron region.
The new state of the art facility will include:
- more operating theatres and recovery spaces
- expanded emergency department
- enhanced medical, surgical, and mental health services
- enhanced ambulatory care services including more outpatient clinics
- new interventional cardiology service
- new radiotherapy service as part of a new integrated cancer care service
Relocating to the region?
The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
About the role
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Transitional Nurse Practitioner (TNP) will enhance access to healthcare for "Older Persons'" by addressing service gaps within dynamic Models of Care (MoC).
Improving the health of older persons by providing timely access to specialist aged healthcare, preventing deterioration, reducing hospital presentations and admissions, while collaborating with other healthcare team members.
The primary metaspecialty is 'Aged Care', with the supported development of your Scope of Practice (ScOP) into 'Emergency and Acute Care', 'Mental Health' and 'Chronic and Complex Care'. Departmental locations within the expanding MoC may include but not limited to: Inpatient Units, Outpatient Services, In-reach, Outreach, Community and Emergency. The Transitional Nurse Practitioner is appointed for a provisional period of up to 3 years to work towards endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner.
Join our team and you’ll enjoy:
- Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
- Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
- Growth – access to professional and personal development
- Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
- Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce
Need more information?
Click here for the Position Description
Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Rachael Andrew on Rachael.Andrew@health.nsw.gov.au
Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day.
Applications Close: 20 March 2025
NNNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.
NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.
For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.
To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au.
You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.
This recruitment may be used to fill future positions for permanent, temporary and casual positions.
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