Emergency Nurse Practitioner — Lead Clinician & Practice Innovator

Health; Gladstone Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Protected development time

Flexible work-life balance

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Discounted health insurance

Fitness passport

Salary sacrificing

Job summary

Queensland Health in the Gladstone region seeks experienced Nurse Practitioners for emergency department backfill throughout 2027. You will deliver autonomous, patient-centred care, lead clinical decision-making and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve community health outcomes.

20% rostered hours are protected for professional development, service improvement and advancing practice. Applicants awaiting 2027 registration are considered.

Qualifications

• Master's level Nurse Practitioner qualification and NMBA endorsement/AHPRA registration.
• Advanced clinical expertise to independently coordinate, deliver and direct patient care within their clinical speciality.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced nursing care through an extended scope of practice, exercising autonomy and advanced clinical decision-making.
• Independently assess, manage and treat Fast Track patients (triage categories 3–5), adjusting treatment plans as clinically required.
• Apply advanced clinical examination skills and prescribe and supply medications within approved scope of practice.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership, role modelling and collaborative practice, working closely with medical, nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support clinical and corporate governance requirements while delivering safe, effective emergency care, with placement determined by service needs, experience and credentialing.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Autonomous practice

Clinical decision-making

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Master's Nurse Practitioner

NMBA endorsement/AHPRA registration

Job description

Queensland Health in the Gladstone region seeks experienced Nurse Practitioners for emergency department backfill throughout 2027. You will deliver autonomous, patient-centred care, lead clinical decision-making and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve community health outcomes.

20% rostered hours are protected for professional development, service improvement and advancing practice. Applicants awaiting 2027 registration are considered.