Nurse Practitioner / Transitional Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care
Drive excellence in care, comfort and dignity, every step of the way. We are looking for an excellent Advance Practice clinician to join our amazing Palliative care team.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ652463
Salary per week:
Nurse Practitioner: $2,676.60 - $2,865.90 per week
Transitional Nurse Practitioner: $2,603.12 - $2,655.03
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Mona Vale Hospital
What you'll be doing
A Nurse Practitioner / Transitional Nurse Practitioner (NP / TNP) is a registered nurse educated and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role and is an expert in palliative care.
The NP / TNP role includes the assessment and management of patients using nursing knowledge and skills and may include but is not limited to initiation of diagnostic investigations, prescribing of medications and direct referral of patients to other health care professionals.
The NP / TNP role is grounded in the nursing profession's values, knowledge, theories and practice and provides innovative and flexible health care delivery that complements other health care providers (ANMC 2006).
NP / TNPs practice collaboratively as an interdependent member of the multidisciplinary health care team and provide autonomous, patient centered care.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- AHPRA Registered Authorised Nurse Practitioner that has completed the Tertiary requirements including a Master’s Degree (Nurse Practitioner) or Registered Nurse willing to enrol in a Tertiary Master’s Program for Nurse Practitioner.
- Minimum of 5,000 hours of advanced nursing/midwifery practice during the last six years appropriate to the specialty area (or working towards within the next 3 years).
- Extensive malignant and non-malignant disease experience in patients with specialist palliative care needs.
Cross-service experience in the palliative care unit, community and acute hospital settings.
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For role related queries or questions contact Kyla Smith on Kyla.Smith@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
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Applications Close: 13 April 2026
