Take advanced mental health nursing beyond traditional boundaries and help shape the future of virtual care across NSW

Use your Nurse Practitioner expertise to independently assess, diagnose and manage complex mental health presentations

Join an creative multidisciplinary service where your clinical leadership can influence care, strengthen practice and improve outcomes for consumers across NSW

Employment Type:Permanent Full Time
Salary Range:$158,236 - $169,429 per annum (Nurse Practitioner)
Location:NSW Ambulance State Operations Centre, Sydney Olympic Park
Closing Date:24 November 2026

About the opportunity

As a Nurse Practitioner with the NSW Ambulance Virtual Clinical Care Centre (VCCC) Mental Health Team, you will:

Provide autonomous advanced mental health care, including comprehensive virtual assessment, clinical formulation, diagnosis, risk assessment and therapeutic management of complex and high-risk presentations.

Undertake crisis intervention, care planning and disposition decision-making, using advanced clinical judgement to support safe, person-centred and least restrictive care.

Work within your authorised Nurse Practitioner scope of practice, including prescribing, medication review and monitoring where appropriate.

Provide expert clinical leadership, consultation and specialist mental health advice to NSW Ambulance clinicians, multidisciplinary teams and external partners.

Help shape the future of virtual mental health care through clinical governance, education, research, quality improvement and the development of innovative models of care and clinical pathways.

About you

To be successful you will:

Hold current unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), a relevant master’s level qualification (or equivalent) and endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the NMBA.





Demonstrate advanced and autonomous expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, risk formulation and therapeutic management of complex mental health presentations, including psychopharmacological and physical health considerations.

Have strong knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2007, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented care, least restrictive practice and contemporary mental health service delivery.

Bring highly developed communication, consultation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence clinical practice, provide specialist advice and build effective multidisciplinary and interagency relationships.

Demonstrate strong IT and digital health skills, including proficiency with electronic medical records, telehealth platforms and clinical information systems, alongside a commitment to education, research, quality improvement and service development.

Your day to day, training and start dates

- Comprehensive training will begin on your first day of employment, aligned with the available start dates.
- The VCCC Mental Health Team will commence operations with a 12-hour per day, seven-day-per-week service model. The successful applicant will generally be required to work Monday to Friday, with occasional work outside ordinary hours as required to support operational needs.

Need Further Information

If you have any questions about this role, please contact Elliot Williams NP via ***@health.nsw.gov.au

Additional Information

- Employment of temporary visa holders is only considered if no suitable permanent resident or citizen is identified after labour market testing.
- Eligibility lists and talent pools may be created and used to fill ongoing and temporary vacancies over the next 18 months at the same, or other locations, that are at the same grade and capability level.
- Applicants are expected to provide responses that reflect their own knowledge, experience, and understanding of the role.
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📌 Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Ambulance
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