Registered Nurse Palliative Care Buronga

NSW Health; Dareton; On-site; AUD 57,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Novated Leasing

Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO)

Fitness Passport

Advanced education & training

Country lifestyle

Job summary

NSW Health Buronga invites applications for a Palliative Care Registered Nurse to join the Specialist Community Palliative Care Team, delivering patient-centred care to people with advanced life-limiting illnesses and supporting their families and carers.

This permanent part-time role (20 hours/week) offers a pay rate of $41.23–$57.88 per hour plus superannuation, with eligibility for the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme and additional benefits.

Qualifications

• Palliative care nursing registration and current practising certificate.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to compassionate, patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred palliative care across settings in liaison with health professionals.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including primary care, specialist services, community-based services, and volunteers.

Job description

Registered Nurse Palliative Care Buronga

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 theNSW 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:PermanentPart Time
Position Classification:Registered Nurse
Remuneration:$41.23 - $57.88 + superannuation per hour
Hours Per Week:20
Requisition ID:REQ702936
Location:Buronga NSW

• Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference with big impact?
• Opportunity to live and work in one Australia’s biggest food and wine bowl
• Only a short 45min flight to Melbourne, 2 hours to Sydney or drive 4.5 hour to Adelaide

We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

What you'll be doing

The Palliative Care Registered Nurse will work as a member of the Specialist Community Palliative Care Team providing patient centred palliative care for people with advanced life limiting illnesses, their families and carers

Provide a combination of direct/shared/consultative care across settings, in liaison with other FWLHD palliative care health professionals, and is expected to function as a member of a multidisciplinary team including primary care, specialist services, community based services, inpatient, aged care and volunteers.

What is on offer

• Salary packaging (pay less tax!) $9009 + Meals/Entertainment $2650
• Novated Leasing
• Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month
• Fitness Passport
• Support through advanced education & training
• A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing

About the Far West LHD

TheFar West Local Health Districtis 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.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Buronga 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.

Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Applications Close: 3 November 2026

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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.

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