Leading compassionate, expert care when it matters most—delivering clarity, comfort, and dignity at every stage of life
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Nurse Practitioner
Remuneration: $143,851.10 - $154,025.92 + Super + Salary Packaging
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ654660
Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd April
Location | Belmont Hospital
Belmont Hospital is a facility within Hunter New England Local Health District, providing high‐quality, patient‐centred care to the Lake Macquarie community. The Palliative Care Service delivers specialist care to patients with life‐limiting illness across the inpatient setting and liaises closely with community services.
The multidisciplinary team works closely with patients, families, and carers to promote comfort, dignity, and quality of life, and collaborates with acute services, general practitioners, and community providers across the district. Belmont Hospital offers a supportive, collaborative work environment in a peaceful location close to Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.
About Our Role
The Nurse Practitioner – Palliative Care provides advanced, autonomous clinical care to patients with life‐limiting illness across inpatient and community settings. The role focuses on comprehensive assessment, clinical management, symptom control, care coordination, and advance care planning in partnership with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities include conducting advanced clinical assessments, prescribing and managing medications, ordering and interpreting diagnostics, and developing and evaluating palliative care plans. The Nurse Practitioner provides expert clinical advice, leads case conferences, supports complex decision‐making, and contributes to quality improvement, service development, and evidence‐based practice.
The role provides clinical leadership, education, and support to nursing and multidisciplinary staff but does not usually have direct line management responsibilities. The position works collaboratively with medical officers, allied health, general practitioners, and community services to ensure seamless, patient‐centred care. The Nurse Practitioner reports operationally to the to the Director of Nursing.
The Nurse Practitioner – Palliative Care will be supported by a collaborative multidisciplinary team, senior clinicians, and nursing leadership within Hunter New England Local Health District. A structured orientation and onboarding plan is provided on commencement, tailored to the role and local service model.
Ongoing support includes access to clinical supervision, peer Nurse Practitioner networks, mentoring, and professional development opportunities. The service supports continuing education, reflective practice, and involvement in quality improvement and service development activities.
Essential:
* Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
* Endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner
* Relevant Masters‐level qualification enabling NP endorsement
* Advanced clinical experience in palliative or related specialty
* Prescribing authority with MBS/PBS eligibility
* Current Class C NSW Driver Licence
Able to be Developed:
* Further scope expansion and credentialing
* Leadership, education, quality improvement, or research skills
About Our Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced and compassionate Nurse Practitioner with strong clinical expertise in palliative care and a commitment to person‐centred, values‐based practice. They demonstrate confidence working autonomously with patients who have complex, life‐limiting illness, while contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
Most crucial attributes and capabilities:
* Endorsed Nurse Practitioner with advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic, and prescribing skills
* Demonstrated experience in palliative and end‐of‐life care, including symptom management and advance care planning
* High‐level communication skills, particularly in complex, sensitive, and emotionally challenging situations
* Strong clinical judgement, accountability, and ability to make independent decisions
* Commitment to compassionate, culturally safe, and family‐centred care
* Ability to collaborate effectively across inpatient, community, and primary care settings
Attributes and capabilities that can be developed in the role:
* Service development, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives
* Education, mentoring, and clinical leadership of nursing and multidisciplinary staff
* Research involvement and translation of evidence into practice
* Advanced leadership within networked palliative care services
The successful candidate will be adaptable, resilient, and motivated to contribute to a supportive, collaborative team while advancing palliative care practice within Belmont Hospital and the broader Hunter New England health system.
Benefits
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Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
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Hunter New England Health is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health's commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.
At Hunter New England Local Health District, we are an inclusive employer dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. Our commitment to a workforce that reflects the community we care for is essential for delivering the highest quality healthcare to our community. We encourage people with diverse lived experiences to apply. If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact for confidential support to ensure an equitable, barrier-free application process.
An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
This position is full time; however, part time/job share arrangements may also be considered.
Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.
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