Nurse Practitioner / Transitional Nurse Practitioner, Rural Generalist - Grafton and Maclean

High quality healthcare. Quality of life. Learn and grow in your career and in your life, with more opportunities and more flexibility.


Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Temporary Full Time (up to 80 weeks)
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner or Transitional Nurse Practitioner
Remuneration: $149,408.11 - $169,429.03 per annum, pro rata + super and salary packaging
Hours Per Week: 38hrs
Requisition ID: REQ684175

Applications Close: 24 September 2026


Are you passionate about improving the health outcomes of the Older Person with chronic health conditions?

Northern NSW Local Health District is seeking motivated and innovative Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Transitional Nurse Practitioners (TNPs) to join our growing Older Persons and Psychogeriatrics team within the Clarence Valley.

These exciting positions form part of an integrated hub-and-spoke model of care as a Rural Generalists, delivering health care services across a variety of settings, that predominantly involve the inpatient setting and may also include:

• Emergency Departments
• Acute hospital services
• Home Community setting
• Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)

·         Virtual and outreach care programs

Working across the continuum of care, you will play a pivotal role in supporting a reduction in length of stay through timely discharges, improving access to chronic disease management, and enhancing the quality of life of older people in our community with limited geriatric services.

Our current vacancies include:

• Nurse Practitioner, Rural Generalist - Grafton and Maclean - Permanent Full Time 38hrs.
• Nurse Practitioner, Rural Generalist - Grafton and Maclean - Temporary Full Time 38hrs (up to 80 weeks)

About the Opportunity

At NNSWLHD we want to empower and inspire our nurses to deliver exceptional care to every patient, in every situation. We are dedicated to creating a positive and forward-thinking environment, built on our CORE values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect, and Empowerment, and a shared commitment to quality mental health care.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative model of care
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes and health service quality
• Develop and implement innovative healthcare strategies that align with best practices and organisational goals
• Develop your Scope of Practice to improve patient centred health care

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.


About You

We’re looking for someone who has current AHPRA registration and is endorsed to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or meets the requirements for a Transitional Nurse Practitioner application.
In this role you will have the opportunity to:


Nurse Practitioners:

• Demonstrated Advanced Clinical Practice in the main Metaspecialty, focusing on complex, autonomous decision-making in the clinical management of patients.
• Demonstrated willingness in the development of your Scope of Practice to improve access to healthcare for patients and their carers.
• Demonstrated effective communication and teamwork skills, building strong relationships while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Demonstrated leadership and educational activities in your current role.
• Demonstrated ability to support health care systems and research.

Transitional Nurse Practitioners:

• Developing skills and knowledge in advanced clinical practice within the main Metaspecialty, with experience in autonomous decision-making and clinical management of patients
• Lead and participate in educational activities including staff and patients; contribute to quality improvement activities in the support of health care systems.
• Growth – access to professional and personal development
• Willingness to develop a Scope of Practice across multimodal specialities.

Application process

To assess your suitability for the role, please upload:

• A cover letter using example/s with consideration to “About You” in a concise response
• A curriculum vitae (2-5 Pages) see below for inclusion requirements.
• A statement of service
• The QUT APN Tool for TNP applications not currently enrolled at university.
• Copies of relevant qualifications

Need more information? 

1)   Click here for the Position Description

2)   Click here for the Nurse Practitioner Meta-Speciality Standards Statements

3)   Click here for Curriculum Vitae requirements

4)   Nurse Practitioner Endorsement Nursing and Midwifery Board guidelines

5)   Transitional Nurse Practitioner applications should consider referring to the ADVANCE tool for key elements in working to the full Scope of Practice of a Registered Nurse.

6)   Find out more about applying for this position

For role related queries or questions contact Elizabeth Smith on Elizabeth.Smith6@health.nsw.gov.au


Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day


NNSWLHD 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

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2026_004).

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 create an Eligibility List for similar roles in the future.


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