Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Remuneration: $139,661.16 – $149,538.56 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ562766
Applications Close: 16 April 2025
Vaccination Category: A

Outstanding Experiences. Infinite Opportunities.

Here in the Riverina, we treasure your 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 hospital that will remind you of the city, to 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 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 Stroke Nurse Practitioner/Transitional Stroke Nurse Practitioner is a district role based as part of the neurology / acute stroke team.

The Stroke T/ NP will work to improve continuity of care from the Emergency Department through to inpatient units and onto outpatient clinics across the LHD. The Stroke T/NP candidate will play a key senior role in the multidisciplinary neurology / acute stroke management team.

A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse educated and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role.

The NP 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 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.

The Nurse Practitioner is educated and endorsed to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role. The NP role includes assessment and management using nursing knowledge and skills.

The role may include, but is not limited to, the direct referral of patients to other health care professionals, prescribing medications and initiating and interpreting diagnostic investigations.

The authorising legislation for the use, possession, supply, and prescription of medications by NPs in NSW is the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 and the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008.

Regulation of NPs is in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) No 86a.

Practice will be in accordance with current best evidence and both relevant NSW Health and local LHD policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Learn more about the role and requirements here.

Upgrade Your Career and Lifestyle at MLHD

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.

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 Kate Woodward, WAWHS Nursing Administration at 02 5943 3413 or [email protected] now for a confidential chat.

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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