Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Registered Nurse

Remuneration: $81,748.17 – $114,771.98 per annum + 12% Superannuation + Salary Packaging

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: 701804

Location: Singleton Community Health

Applications Close: Tuesday the 10th of November

Bring your acute nursing and wound care experience into the community!

About The Opportunity

Join the Singleton Community Health Nursing Team and make a meaningful difference by supporting clients to maintain their health, independence and wellbeing in their own homes. You’ll provide a variety of nursing services, with a focus on wound care, acute assessment and chronic disease management.

Working across clinic and home-based settings, you’ll use your clinical judgement to assess clients, identify changing health needs and deliver safe, person-centred care. You’ll also collaborate with healthcare professionals and support clients to manage their conditions and remain independent.

Join a small, close-knit team of five with great morale, opportunities to mentor junior colleagues and scope to develop your skills and career.

Enjoy work-life balance with no afternoon or night shifts and just one six-hour weekend shift every second weekend. Full-time hours are offered, with job share and part-time arrangements also considered.

What You Will Be Doing

- Deliver wound care, acute nursing assessments and chronic disease management.
- Provide secure, person-centred care in clients’ homes and clinic settings.
- Monitor clients’ health, recognise deterioration and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Develop care plans, provide health education and coordinate referrals.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team and support junior colleagues.

About You You’re a motivated Registered Nurse with strong clinical assessment skills and experience in wound care, acute nursing and/or chronic disease management. You’re confident working autonomously, adapting care to clients’ home environments and making sound clinical decisions.



You enjoy working as part of a supportive team and are keen to share your knowledge and continue developing professionally.

Essential Requirements

- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
- Current unrestricted NSW Driver Licence.
- Accredited Nurse Immuniser (NSW), or willingness to complete an approved course within 12 months.
- Relevant nursing experience and the ability to manage a varied caseload independently.

What We Can Offer You

- No afternoon or night shifts.
- A supportive team with mentoring and career development opportunities.
- Four weeks annual leave and paid parental leave for eligible employees.
- Salary packaging, including up to $11,600 plus novated leasing.
- Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program.
- Ongoing learning and professional development.
- The welcome experience to help you settle into the new community.

Bring your clinical skills to the community and grow your nursing career with Singleton Community Health! Need more information?

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For role related queries or questions contact Susan Patterson on [email protected] Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description (link below).

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To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport.



Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.

Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help indigenous job applicants apply for positions in NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/HNEHealthSteppingUp

This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.

Salary Packaging: is beneficial to most Hunter New England Health employees and may increase your take-home pay!

Salary package a range of personal expenses including novated motor vehicle leases, relocation expenses, and HECS/HELP debt. Find out more by contacting SalaryPackagingPLUS! via [email protected] or 1300 40 25 23.

Hunter New England Health employees may be eligible for a range of benefits such as allocated days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid maternity leave, and salary packaging options including meal expenses.

- Based on a minimum 18-month commitment to the position or the agreed duration of your contract. All payments to part-time and contract employees will be made on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the terms of your contract, including any approved extensions. If your contract ends before the agreed completion date, you may be required to repay a portion of the incentive. To check your eligibility, visit the Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme. For further information or to discuss your circumstances, please contact [email protected].

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