Nurse Practitioner

Reference Number: 4084

Category: Nursing

Department: Cardiac, Vascular, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics & Sp

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• Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner - 2 days per week

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology at Austin Health is committed to providing high quality and compassionate care to patients with all forms of heart disease. It also provides a consultative service for other units within Austin Health. The department has a strong clinical, teaching and research focus.

Austin provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary Heart Failure Service that supports patients in a range of settings including in the community and whilst an inpatient.

About the role:

The Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner role aims to optimise patient outcomes during the acute phase of illness in ED and inpatient setting and during the recovery/transitional period in the outpatient clinic and via telehealth.

The Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner (NP) is directly involved in the provision of expert patient-centred clinical care and is recognised as a senior clinical nurse in their area of specialty. This extends to the care of family, carers, and other health professionals.

A regular day will see you:

• Providing high quality care to patients with Heart Failure in both the inpatients and outpatient settings
• Work collaboratively with clinicians within the admitting unit and GPs, supported by the Director of Heart Failure Services & Cardiology to improve systems of care

About you

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You'll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Extensive experience in the management of heart failure
• Experience in developing and implementing nurse led models of care, preferably in a tertiary setting
• Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner
• Post graduate certificate/diploma in critical care nursing

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.

• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.

• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.

• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Celia Cosgriff, Divisional Manager, Cardiac Services and Specialty Surgery

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: 10 October 2025