Overview
Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Endorsed Nurse Practitioners to join the Victorian Virtual Specialist Consult (VVSC) team. Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north. Services are provided through five main campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.
About the Role:
This role requires a registered nurse with advanced clinical skills, capable of working independently and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to assess and treat patients in a telehealth setting. We are looking for Endorsed Nurse Practitioners specialised in paediatrics, women's health, or geriatrics. The NP role is responsible for treating a wide range of patients with varying complexity while demonstrating clinical and professional leadership. NPs work autonomously and in collaboration with the VVSC and VVED medical and nursing teams to ensure safe and effective care for patients and their families.
Responsibilities
- Provide autonomous and collaborative patient assessment, diagnosis, and management in telehealth settings.
- Treat a wide range of patients with varying complexity, with a focus on paediatrics, women's health, or geriatrics as applicable.
- Demonstrate clinical and professional leadership within the NP role and collaborate with VVSC/VVED teams to ensure safe and efficient care.
Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge in treating a wide range of patients with varying complexity in paediatric, adult and older adult presentations
- Demonstrated ability to interpret assessment information including clinical history, physical findings and diagnostic data to make healthcare decisions
- High level interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively
Next Steps
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About Northern Health
Northern Health is one of Victoria's busiest public health services. The organisation's acute and sub-acute health services cover a local community of approximately 728,000 people, and their emergency department treats almost 70,000 patients each year. The Northern Health catchment encompasses the rapidly expanding local government areas of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Nillumbik, Whittlesea and Moreland. The local community is located in Melbourne's significant growth corridor with projected population growth of about 64% (an additional 128,569 people) by 2031.
Source: this is an extract from the company's own website.
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📌 Endorsed Nurse Practitioner
🏢 Northern Health
📍 Melbourne