Employment Type: Temporary Full Time / Part time (until 26.12.2025)
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ560820
Applications Close: 6 April 2025
Vaccination Category: A

Outstanding Experiences. Infinite Opportunities.

Here in the Riverina, we treasure your nursing skills and experience and we’re ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome you to town.

We’ve prepared oodles of goodies to help you move and settle in, including:

• Salary packaging up to $20,600 per annum tax free for living expenses! Take advantage of novated leasing a new car!
• Relocation assistance and accommodation support considerations
• Subsidised gym and leisure centre membership for you and your family
• Free confidential counselling services for you and your family

Craving a fresh start somewhere new and actually interesting? Join the incredible team in the Murrumbidgee District. Jump in at a comfort level that suits you: from state-of-the-art hospitals that will remind you of the city, to a small multi-disciplinary health facility where you literally get to do it all. No matter where you choose, your learning will be nurtured and you’ll be well supported to operate at the top of your scope.

And don’t worry - there are already oodles of young people here to welcome you: at work, in local clubs, at the pub, and down at the river!

There’s also heaps to show your family when they come to visit, which is a breeze - you’ll be central to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. (You can always pop home for the weekend on a quick flight if you find a break in your social calendar!)

Want to know more about the community of Wagga Wagga? Visit us here.

About Your Role

The Transition of Care Registered Nurse will be responsible for in-reach into Wagga Wagga Base Hospital to provide a range of assessment and therapeutic services for clients with chronic respiratory and heart failure, to support their transition home from hospital. The Registered Nurse will provide targeted education and support to patients to increase their ability to self-manage their chronic condition, and link patients with appropriate community based services. This includes ensuring patients have an appointment with their general practitioner on discharge, as well as coordinating appointments with new outpatient respiratory and heart failure services, and linking patients with pulmonary and heart failure rehabilitation, ongoing clinical nurse specialist or physiotherapy support as required.

The Registered Nurse will work alongside a newly implemented community pharmacist role, and be part of a multidisciplinary Chronic Respiratory and Heart Failure team across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District to implement evidence based practice in chronic pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation, from diagnosis through to disease transition.

Learn more about the role and requirements here.

Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD

Go on, you’ve earned a promotion, a world-class workplace, inspiring colleagues, award-winning staff and patient programs - all wrapped up in a rich tapestry of cultural treasures. Contact Denise Newman, Acting Clinical Operations Manager Community Care on 0436 654 090 or [email protected] now for a confidential chat.

Your application will require you to include a resume and cover letter outlining your skills and experience and why you are a good fit for this position.

MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.

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