Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ560652
Location: Broken Hill NSW

• Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms.
• We really aren't that far away - only 3 hours' drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!

We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

• Work in collaboration with consumers, carers and other team members to provide individualised, evidence based 24 hour care to mental health inpatients.
• Develop your skills & rapidly progress your career with more responsibility and autonomy than you would get in larger hospitals
• Gain valuable rural & remote nursing experience
• Enjoy a meaningful career path with all the perks of country living

What is on offer

• 7 weeks paid annual leave every year
• Salary packaging (pay less tax!), and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses (including Remote Housing) + $2.6k meal & entertainment
• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
• Isolation & climate allowance
• Fitness Passport
• Novated Lease
• Professional development through frequent online and face to face learning
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

How to apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Demonstrated experience working with mental health consumers including those with co-morbidities –inpatient experience preferred with demonstrated ability to interpret and apply the Mental Health Act 2007.
• Demonstrated application of evidence based practice for the delivery of individualised patient care within a multi-disciplinary team, with a commitment to person centred care, reduction of seclusion and restraint, recovery model of care.
• Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait, Islander patients and families and employees to enhance health outcomes.
• Evidence of participation in own professional development and willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills within a multidisciplinary team and intermediate computer skills.

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Tahlia Kerin on [email protected]

Applications Close: 23 March 2025

The Welcome Experience
The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill 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

Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.