Nurse Practitioner / Transitional Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Team

Hunter Valley Lower Mid North Coast Mental Health Service
Advance your Nurse Practitioner career within a community-focused mental health service delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented care. This role offers the opportunity to work across diverse settings, supporting consumers and families through comprehensive assessment, intervention and care coordination.

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours Per Week: 32
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Location: Taree Community Health Centre
Remuneration: $72.55 - $77.68 Per Hour + 12% Super + Salary Packaging
Requisition ID: REQ632341
Closing Date: Sunday, 1st February 2026

Delivering expert mental health care where it’s needed most.

Where You’ll Be Working

The Hunter Valley Lower Mid North Coast Mental Health Service provides specialist psychiatric community intervention for adults across the Taree, Forster, Gloucester and Bulahdelah regions. The service delivers comprehensive assessment, treatment and referral pathways for consumers and their families, with additional specialist support in areas such as perinatal mental health, eating disorders and other complex presentations.
The team provides a range of services including brief intervention, acute and rehabilitation care coordination, and recovery-focused group programs. Care is delivered across multiple modalities, including telephone, virtual care, centre-based face-to-face appointments and outreach within consumers’ homes.
You will be onboarded into the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team and supported by the ACT Team Manager and Clinical Coordinator within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment focused on high-quality consumer care and staff wellbeing.

About the Role

This Nurse Practitioner role offers a broad and varied scope of practice within community mental health. You will provide advanced clinical assessment, mental health triage, treatment planning and safety planning for consumers with complex mental health needs. The role involves working closely with consumers and their families to deliver timely, person-centred and recovery-oriented care.

You will utilise advanced clinical decision-making across a range of settings and care modalities, contributing to continuity of care and positive consumer outcomes. Ongoing in-service education and professional development relevant to the service are provided, supporting continuous learning and advanced practice.

About You

You are a motivated and experienced mental health clinician with a strong commitment to recovery-oriented practice. You demonstrate advanced clinical skills, sound judgement and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Essential Criteria

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.
• Nurse Practitioner or working towards Masters of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) or a qualification / Masters level deemed equivalent.

• Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in mental health assessment, intervention and care coordination

• Strong commitment to consumer-centred, trauma-informed and recovery-focused care

Excellent communication skills and ability to work across diverse care settings



Benefits:
At Hunter New England Health enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

✅Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero 
✅Proximity to shopping and other services 
✅Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees) 
✅4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees) 
✅Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance 
✅Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing 
✅Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family 
✅Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members 

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For role related queries or questions contact Renae Blanch on Renae.Blanch@health.nsw.gov.au

Information for Applicants: 
Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below). For assistance addressing selection criteria visit: https://bit.ly/3vL5fq2 
 
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.  

Hunter New England Health is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse. 

At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace.  Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact HNELHD-Diversity@health.nsw.gov.au  for confidential support to ensure an equitable, barrier-free application process. 

An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies. 

To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa. 

We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.   

Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.  
 
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