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SalaryEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner / Clinical Nurse Consultant - Grade 2
Remuneration: $128,030.56 - $145,181.65 per annum (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ468061
Applications Close: 14 March 2024
Vaccination Category: A
Outstanding Experience. 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 to help you move and settle in, including:
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
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!)
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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.
*Please note for those that are not endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner, there is consideration for a Transitional Nurse Practitioner to work as a Clinical Nurse Consultant until endorsed as a NP.
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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 now for a confidential chat.
New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 Primary vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate. Should a medical contraindication certificate be provided, ongoing employment post certificate expiry is conditional to meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
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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