Closes: 21 September 2026

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3.2 Salary: $128,458 - $133,489 plus superannuation

Position No: 39908 - 02RTX

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 10 September 2026

Contact Officer: Julie Allan on [email protected] or 0478 302 219

What can we offer you:

- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the advantages of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au) About the Role: Join one of Australia's busiest and most agile Emergency Departments and play a pivotal role in delivering advanced, patient-centred care to the Canberra community.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is committed to delivering high-quality, effective, and person-centred healthcare across acute, sub-acute, primary, and community settings throughout the ACT and surrounding region.

As an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) within the Emergency Department, you will be part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team working in a mixed adult and paediatric tertiary trauma centre. This fast-paced and rewarding environment offers the opportunity to utilise advanced clinical assessment, decision-making, and treatment skills to provide timely,



evidence-based care for patients presenting with minor injuries and illnesses.

Working to the full scope of your advanced practice, you will deliver autonomous episodic care supported by clinical treatment protocols, medication standing orders, and established clinical governance frameworks. Your expertise will contribute to improving patient access to care while ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.

If you are a motivated clinician with a passion for emergency care, advanced nursing practice, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients, we invite you to join our innovative and progressive team.

For more information about Canberra Health Services, visit: https://www.health.act.gov.au/.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here” Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of 6-12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Note:



Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.

Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of 6-12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

📌 Registered Nurse Level 3 Grade 1 - Advance Practice Nurse Emergency Department | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency (Canberra)
🏢 Act Government
📍 Canberra