Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Palliative Care South East Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900

Flexible work life balance

Training and development opportunities

Rewards and recognition program

Employee Assistance Program

Annual Leave Loading

Job summary

Palliative Care South East Ltd. invites a Nurse Practitioner to deliver autonomous, NP-led palliative care in clients’ homes across the southeast Melbourne region. You’ll work with the Medical Officers, trainees, and the interdisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning.

In this senior role, you’ll build capacity in residential aged care and support GPs to embed a palliative approach, including participation in a rotating on-call weekend roster.

Qualifications

• Nurse practitioner or en route to NP with recent palliative care experience.
• Proven advanced clinical skills in assessment, treatment and management of palliative/end-of-life needs.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical care in clients' homes with NP expertise.
• Provide consultative guidance to residential aged care facilities and GPs.
• Support capacity-building for residential aged care staff and clinical teams.

Skills

Nurse practitioner, or working towards

Advanced clinical leadership

Autonomous clinical care

End-of-life care knowledge

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Critical thinking and mentorship

On-call weekend roster participation

Job description

About Us

Palliative Care South East provides palliative care in the southeast metropolitan region of Melbourne. We support people with a life-limiting illness to live well and, in doing so, provide support at home to improve the quality of life of individuals, carers and families. Our specialist palliative care services are provided to people of all ages, free of charge, in the Local Government areas of Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong and part of Kingston.

Position Statement

As our Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, you'll provide expert clinical leadership and autonomous, NP-led care to clients in their own homes and, in a consultative and clinical advisory capacity, to residents of residential aged care facilities. You'll work alongside our Medical Officers, Advanced Trainee, Nurse Practitioner and specialist interdisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and care planning. This role will also support our aims to build the capacity of residential aged care staff and support GPs to deliver a palliative approach across the region.

Required Skills and Experience

• Nurse practitioner, or working towards, with recent experience in the provision of specialist Palliative Care
  
• Demonstrated advanced clinical skills, competence and leadership in the assessment, treatment and management of patients with Palliative Care and End of Life care needs.
• Demonstrated understanding of integrated care and proven ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework and mixed clinical environment
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current issues impacting on the provision of Palliative Care services in Australia
• Demonstrated capability to work autonomously when required
• Demonstrated abilities in critical thinking, human relations, clinical skills, ethical decision making, problem analysis and systems analysis
• Demonstrated ability to educate, mentor and support clinical teams to build capability and confidence in delivering high-quality palliative care and influence organisational and cultural change
• Ability to participate in a rotating on call weekend roster

Why Join PCSE

• A genuinely varied, autonomous senior clinical role at the heart of a respected specialist palliative care service
• Work within a values-led organisation — Responsiveness, Empowerment, Collaboration and Kindness — that backs its clinicians
• Contribute to the training and mentoring of our Palliative Care Specialist Nurses, Advanced Trainees and broader clinical team

Benefits

PCSE is transitioning through an exciting stage of growth and change, and the successful candidate will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Attractive salary packaging options - up to $15,900 tax free per year
• Flexible work life balance opportunities
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Rewards and Recognition program
• An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is funded by the employer for business and private access
• Annual Leave Loading

Closing date – 04th November 2026