Nurse Practitioner

Permanent hours upto 72 hours per fortnight (12 hour shifts)

Nurse Practitioner (N01/N02) | $75.53 / $76.97 per hour

About the Role

This role is primarily based at the Stawell Urgent Care Centre (UCC), with occasional opportunities to work across Ballarat, Horsham, and Edenhope campuses. It offers the chance to join a growing professional emergency care workforce and access extensive training and development programs through Grampians Health (GH) Emergency Services and the broader organisation.

The Stawell UCC serves the Stawell and Northern Grampians communities, including tourist destinations such as Halls Gap and Pomonal, which experience increased demand during holiday periods. The centre manages approximately 5,000 patient presentations annually, covering a broad range of cases including medical, surgical, paediatric, trauma, and mental health emergencies.

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you would play a key leadership role within the UCC, working alongside experienced nursing staff and rural generalists while having access to specialist support and resources from the Ballarat and Horsham Emergency Departments. The role is an important part of GH's expanding Emergency Services network, providing strong professional collaboration and support.

Work with a friendly, dynamic team and take advantage of opportunities to grow your career as we grow the Emergency Services of Grampians Health.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and provide high-quality patient care within the Emergency Department (ED), Urgent Care Centre (UCC), and Short Stay Unit within the Nurse Practitioner scope of practice.
• Supervise clinical activities to ensure efficient patient movement, timely care, and an optimal patient experience.
• Educate patients and families and facilitate referrals to appropriate healthcare services and specialists.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and hospital staff to achieve department objectives, KPIs, and National Emergency Access Targets (NEAT).
• Maintain a safe, healthy environment for patients, families, carers, and staff while fostering partnerships with community healthcare providers.
• Foster a positive team culture focused on engagement, clinical excellence, learning, safety, staff wellbeing, and retention.
• infection control and risk management requirements and deliver care aligned with organisational values and patient-centred principles.

Skills & Experience

• Registered with AHPRA and endorsed by the NMBA as a Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Medicine and/or a relevant specialty.
• Minimum of 5 years' advanced clinical nursing experience in emergency care settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Proven ability to exercise sound judgement, discretion, and autonomous clinical decision-making in complex situations.
• Supports a learning, teaching, and research-focused environment within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
• Demonstrates strong leadership through supervision, mentoring, coaching, team building, and problem-solving.

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Amy Yole Nurse Unit Manager – Simpson Wing on (03) 5358 8500 for a confidential discussion. 

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet.

This position is paid in accordance with the Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2028. The classification is Nurse Practitioner (NO1 - NO2) which ranges from $75.53 – $76.97 per hour.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Stawell Region

Stawell is a small town, with a big heart. Stawell is a 45-minute drive to Horsham, where you can have the opportunity to dine from restaurants, farm gates and cellar doors of some of Australia's best and most awarded venues.

To learn more about Stawell please click – Visit Stawell

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.