Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $37.48 - $52.62 per hour + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 6 x 12 hour rotating shifts (8 days/8 days off) or (8 days/3 weeks off)
Requisition ID: REQ655426
Location: Broken Hill

We will be interviewing throughout the advertising period

Join our FIFO/DIDO Registered Nurse Team, where you will make a big impact to a rural community and be welcomed with open arms! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West.

- Fly-in and Fly-out or Drive-in and Drive-out!
- Casual rotating roster including night shifts working 6x12hour shifts
- Choice of working 8 days on/8 days off or 8 days on 3 weeks off
- Great opportunity to experience our state of the art technology to provide innovative virtual care to give you exposure to many areas to help your specialisation, that you do not get in the big smoke

We really aren’t that far away - only 3 hours’ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!

About the Role

At Far West LHD, our success is driven by the collective achievements of our people. As an experienced Registered Emergency Nurse our dynamic team will support your growth, while you share your expertise to mentor others.

Now is a great time to join the team in the Broken Hill Emergency Department. The level 3 ED has undergone a full redevelopment and the brand-new facility opened in December 2025. The Department now has 14 beds including 2 resuscitation beds, 5 acute care beds and a safe assessment room. On average, Broken Hill ED can exceed 60 patients within a 24 hour period with varying conditions and high acuity.

Broken Hill is the main hub for our LHD and accepts patients from our smaller MPS sites for investigations, interventions and admissions. If required, the ED is well versed in retrieval of patients requiring tertiary level care, our closest hospital being Adelaide in South Australia. Patients are transported to Broken Hill by the Royal Flying Doctors Service base in Broken Hill or the NSW Ambulance Service.

If you're looking to be part of a supportive, close-knit team committed to delivering high-quality care, and you're interested in growing your career in a health district that values professional development and work-life balance, we encourage you to apply. We guarantee you an experience worth your while both personally and professionally!

The Must Haves

- 4 years experience as a Registered Nurse working in Emergency and Triage competent
- Basic and Advanced Life Support
- Trauma Care
- ECG, Resuscitation, Non Invasive Cannulation, Venepuncture




- Focus on providing excellent patient care including working with aged care patients
- Is an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or has a valid Visa with full working rights

The Details

- Casual Nurse Contracts
- Registered Nurse award rates based on evidence of years of service
- Daily Meal Allowance (payable by submitting receipts) up to $165.00 per work day
- Travel and Accommodation included
- RHWIS paid as an hourly rate fortnightly @ $5.04 per hour
- Fitness Passport

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.

About Broken Hill

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.

How To Apply
To be considered for this position,



please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:

- 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.

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

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Georgia Bartley on [email protected]

Applications Close: 9th May 2026

Stepping Up

The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit:

https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

Empower, listen and act together

Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them protected 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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