Nurse Practitioner, Palliative care
An exciting opportunity to join a new program providing face to face specialist Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner support 4 days per week (Friday to Monday) for patients, carers and families where timely intervention is required to support patients with distressing symptoms and rapid deterioration.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 30 June 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Remuneration: $70.44 - $75.42 per hour
Hours Per Week: 32
Requisition ID: REQ543951
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
Care will be provided to patients in the community residing in the Northern Sydney Loal Health District (NSLHD) catchment area. The clinicians will be based at Macquarie Hospital North Ryde.
What you'll be doing
The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) is embedded withi1n the Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service (NSHNS) providing face to face specialist nursing support 4 days per week (Friday to Monday) for patients, carers and families where timely intervention is required to support patients with distressing symptoms and rapid deterioration. The NP undertakes expert rapid assessment , intervention and/or medication titration to avoid unnecessary acute hospitalisation, assisting people to stay at home or their preferred place of care, reducing stress on families and carers at end of life. The role allows a rapid response to urgent requests and initiation of end-of-life plans of care.
The NP position enhances the current after-hours telephonic support provided by the Hammond Care Community Palliative Care Service and compliments the anticipatory care model already provided by the community nursing service, Northern Sydney Home Nursing Service. The focus of the position provides first line specialist virtual and face to face palliative care assessment, advice and care planning across weekends and public holidays to people in the community. The NP will have a strong interface with the NSLHD Virtual Care Service Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant Navigation service to respond to NSW Ambulance calls for support and the ability to access to Support at Home End of Life Care (EOL) Packages.
The role works in collaboration with the on-call palliative care specialist medical staff, escalating concerns and seeking advice where complex management issues are outside the scope of the Nurse Practitioner practice and expertise.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- A Registered Nurse appointed as such to a position approved by the Secretary NSW Health and who is endorsed by the Board, to practise as a nurse practitioner.
- Holds a current NSW driver’s licence, enabling flexibility and mobility for community-based care.
- Proven clinical expertise and competency in the management of patients requiring Supportive and Palliative care, with a track record of delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously whilst effectively contributing to community nursing services and engaging in multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
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For role related queries or questions contact Nicola Holloway on Nicola.Holloway@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 8877 4777
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.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 6 January 2025
Tentative Interview Date: Week commencing 27 January 2025
