Overview
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Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Bega
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Applications Close: 14 September 2025
Interviews: Interviews to be held within 10 days of the closing date.
This position may qualify for NSW Health Rural Incentive scheme with a value of up to $10,000.
What You’ll Be Doing
The Registered Nurse, using best practice evidence, delivers person-centred nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team. Provides supervision and support for less experienced clinicians to achieve people-focused quality care.
Selection Criteria / Qualifications
- Current Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
- Demonstrated competencies and knowledge in nursing care within a multidisciplinary team.
- Effective clinical communication through information technology, written and verbal means, with sound interpersonal skills.
- Application of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised, person-centred care with a commitment to quality improvement.
- Ability to supervise, delegate, and negotiate with others to deliver quality nursing care; willingness to show leadership and embrace change in care coordination and delivery.
- Recent clinical experience relevant to the position, including engagement in professional development and maintenance of competence and skills.
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload, delivering care with integrity and accountability.
Additional Requirements
- Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination (OASV): Category A position with compliance to NSW Health policy PD2024_015, including proof of vaccination against influenza where applicable.
- Australian Work Rights: Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident, or eligible to live and work in Australia with an appropriate visa.
About Southern NSW Local Health District
Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area and employs staff across multiple facilities, including 18 facilities serving more than 200,000 people. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
For more information on living and working in regional NSW, please refer to the organisation’s regional initiatives and life in regional NSW resources.
We Are Southern – What We Offer: salary packaging, corporate health programs, superannuation, annual leave loading, and lifestyle benefits in country NSW.
Job-related inquiries: contact Laura Murray at
We are an equal chance employer and encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and LGBTQI+ communities to apply.
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📌 Registered Nurse - Medical Ward - Bega
🏢 ILLAWARRA MERCURY
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