Assertive Outreach Registered Nurse
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Job Description:
Role title: Registered Nurse(Year 5 - 8)
Role type: Max term part time (24 hours per week until July 2026)
Department and location: Homeless Health Service St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst
Salary: $91035.95 - $104336.27 (pro-rata) 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 operate public and private hospitals residential aged care community and virtual care and outreach programs.
About the role
Delivering high quality evidence-based nursing care to people who are experiencing primary homelessness complex and co-occurring health and support needs in inner city Sydney.
Deliver comprehensive assessments clinical intervention care coordination and referral on an outreach basis.
Service provision is person-centred and aligned with the principles of trauma informed care and practice.
Collaborate with clients their professional cultural and social supports and our multidisciplinary team to address cultural holistic health and support needs using a strengths-based harm reduction approach.
Assist clients to access mainstream and specialist healthcare support and accommodation to improve their health and wellbeing outcomes.
Build and maintain strong partnerships and coordinate care with service providers and communities to strengthen client support networks.
Lead staff education contribute to clinical reviews and drive quality improvement across services.
About you:
Current registration with the Australian Health Professionals Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse.
At least 5 years experience delivering nursing assessment treatment and care coordination to people with complex health and support needs who are also experiencing homelessness.
Strong understanding of homelessness trauma-informed care and strengths-based frameworks and committed to clinical supervision and professional development.
Confident team member who drives service development education and quality improvement initiatives with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Tech-savvy and mobile comfortable with digital health records and holds a current NSW Drivers Licence.
There may be occasional early start times in this role.
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 27 January 2026.
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.
Respectfully this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Review the following documents:
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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View Reconciliation Action Plan
Code of Conduct:
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
