Transitional Nurse Practitioner

Job Description:

Role title: Transitional Nurse Practitioner - Nephrology

Role type: Permanent full time

Department and location: Renal Ambulatory Care St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst

Salary: $135826.04 - $138534.10 super

Better and fairer care. Always.

We are St Vincents Health Australia Australias largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857 our 30000 healthcare superheroes operatepublic and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.

About the role

The St Vincents nephrology department provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient consulting services (including general nephrology transplant dialysis renal supportive care).

The Renal Ambulatory Care is a purpose-built facility and provides a full complement of services. As a Nephrology Nurse Practitioner your role will include but not limited to:

• Authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role within a service.

• Providing advanced levels of health care within the clinical guidelines established for practice nursing to patients with renal disease including their families and carers.

• Clinical leadership within an ethical legal and risk management framework through assessment diagnosis and management of health care problems.

• Contributing to the development and delivery of specialty related education programs and participates in the formal processes for strategic and operational planning and delivery of clinical services

About you

• Currently registered as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency (APHRA) and undertaking study that will lead to endorsement as a nurse practitioner by the NMBA.

• Demonstrated high level leadership within the workplace including the ability to form productive working relationships through highly developed communication negotiation facilitation and conflict resolution skills.

• Comprehensive understanding of clinical governance and current nursing issues with the ability to deliver evidence based patient centered care within a complex environment.

• Demonstrated experience in quality improvement principles clinical policy and procedure development and implementation.

• Demonstrated evidence of integration of theoretical knowledge and clinical skills critical thinking and analysis in daily practice.

• Demonstrated commitment to own professional development and support of others professional development through leadership delivery of education and clinical practice support/supervision.

Why work at St Vincents

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all including the most at-risk people in our community

• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport

• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank

• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free

• Committed to financial support for educational development scholarship programs paid study leave

About the hospital

In this role you will be based at St Vincents hospital Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location

• Surrounded by great cafes galleries and theatres parks nightlife and nearby glorious beaches

• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people

• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes many of which are located on-campus

• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation bone marrow transplantation cardiology cancer care AIDS/HIV respiratory medicine mental health homeless health drug & alcohol services and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body mind spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 12 December 2025.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest skills and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincents we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming safe equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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