Registered Nurse Emergency

Southern NSW Local Health District; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 56,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Salary packaging

Novated leasing

Fitness Passport

Professional development

Job summary

The Far West Local Health District in Broken Hill is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide safe, compassionate, person-centred care within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to achieve quality outcomes for patients.

This temporary full-time role offers 38 hours per week, 5 weeks annual leave, salary packaging, novated leasing and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current nursing/midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Postgraduate qualification in Intensive Care, Coronary Care, or Critical Care or minimum Graduate Certificate.
• Demonstrated professional and ethical practice within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, compassionate, person-centred nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation with the care team.
• Collaborate with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to achieve quality care outcomes.
• Maintain up-to-date clinical knowledge and participate in ongoing professional development.

Skills

Compassionate care

Patient-centred care

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Nursing/Midwifery registration (AHPRA)

Job description

This position qualifies for an annual Recruitment Incentive Package up to the value of $10,000 (conditions apply and may be pro-rata’d to your contracted or ordinary working hours, these payments are paid on a fortnightly basis) under the NSW Health Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme.

This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.

Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time (Until December 2026)
Position Classification:Registered Nurse
Remuneration:$41.23 - $57.88 per hour + Superannuation
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ686692
Location: Broken Hill

We are only considering applications from candidates with valid work rights.

• Great opportunity to join a supportive team and where you can make a real impact in providing the best patient experience.
• Only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need on your doorstep

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

Provide safe compassionate person centred care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care in collaboration with individual/s and the multidisciplinary health care team to achieve quality care outcomes for patients and clients.

What's on Offer

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
• Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment
• Novated leasing
• Fitness Passport
• Professional development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities.

About the Far West

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW. Our vision is to provide excellence in rural and remote health and we truly empower our staff to deliver the best health outcomes for our community

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia.

In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

A true “Oasis in the Outback”, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia’s first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast-food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

• Current nursing/midwifery registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Current postgraduate or minimum Graduate Certificate qualification in Intensive Care, Coronary Care, or Critical Care.
• Demonstrated application of professional and ethical boundaries to the delivery of patient care in the context of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrated application of evidence based practice and critical thinking to advocate for and implement individualised person centred care patient care.
• Demonstrated capacity to interact with others in a personable and professional manner and personally resolve conflicts when they arise.
• Demonstrated commitment to work and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait, Islander patients and families and employees to enhance health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients.
• Evidence of participation in own professional development and commitment to maintaining competence and enhancement of skills, and willingness to apply and share professional expertise with colleagues.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills within a multidisciplinary team.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Applications Close: 16th September 2026

Stepping Up

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Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.