Uniting Kingscliff is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner to provide advanced, holistic care for older adults. You’ll support residents with complex and chronic health needs, champion preventative care, and work closely with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of wellbeing and comfort.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Registered Nurse with AHPRA endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner (or working towards endorsement)
• Eligible for Medicare and PBS provider numbers
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence
• Minimum 5 years’ advanced clinical nursing experience with proven expertise in assessment, diagnostics, and chronic disease management
• Demonstrated leadership skills, mentoring capability, and experience driving quality improvement
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to work autonomously and collaboratively
• Computer literacy with clinical systems and MS Office
• Desirable: Knowledge of Aged Care Quality & Safety Standards and Nurse Practitioner Standards of Practice

Benefits for you!

• Training & Development: Hands-on training, development, and mentoring with a leading provider.
• Positive Impact: Join an organisation that positively impacts clients and the community.
• Salary Packaging: Not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550 tax-free entitlements.
• Wellbeing programs: including free 24/7 confidential counselling services for you and your family via TELUS Health
• Employee Retail Discounts: Exclusive discounts at major retailers (e.g.: Coles, Ampol, Samsung, NRMA, JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, Avis, Qantas
• Referral Program: Earn a $500 gift voucher each time you refer a new employee who stays for 2 months.
• Fitness Passport: Access to 865+ gyms, pools, and fitness centres across NSW and ACT for less than a standard gym membership.
• Private Health Insurance: Access to affordable private Health Insurance for yourself or family.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) a critical role in delivering advanced, holistic, person-cantered care to older adults in Uniting Senior Services including Residential Aged Care and Home and Community Care. The NP works collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage health conditions, particularly focusing on chronic disease management, preventative health, and complex care needs in the aged care setting. The role also involves leadership in clinical governance, quality improvement initiatives, and mentorship of nursing staff to enhance the overall standard of care

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will have the proven ability to lead and coordinate service strategies in functional areas that include:

• Maintain competence to practice in accordance with national competency standards for the Nurse Practitioner as directed by the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (NMBA).
• Ensure integration and collaboration across Uniting programs to deliver seamless and impactful end-to-end services with the consumers at the centre
• Develop and promote positive relations with patients, nursing peers, medical practitioners, allied health, and community.
• Ensure nursing compliance with federal/state legislation, nursing competency standards, practice policies, and procedures.
• Contribute to staff and patient safety systems that meet contemporary clinical standards and Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) requirements.
• Consumer case management within own scope of practice.
• Provide management of long-term conditions / chronic disease management in line with national guidelines and pathways.
• Assess and manage various wounds, coordinating with other healthcare professionals when necessary.
• Oversee monitoring of psychotropic medications; adopting an evidence based best practice approach to minimising restrictive practice /chemical restraint for Consumers of Aged Care.