Nurse Practitioner

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 4.2

Salary: $154,206 plus superannuation

Position No: PCW

Directorate: Canberra Health Services

Advertised (Gazettal date): 08 January 2026

Contact Officer: Louise Roberts on

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 benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services )

About the Role:

The Nurse practitioner role is part of a nurse led team in the North Canberra Hospital (NCH) Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation (GRACE) Service. The GRACE Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides advanced nursing care both autonomously and in collaboration with GRACE Medical Officers and GP's. Recognised as an expert practitioner and clinical leader, the NP possesses advanced knowledge, skills, and competence within their credentialed scope. This role involves promoting nursing by exploring and expanding the boundaries of nursing practice through evidence-based and best practice literature. The NP demonstrates clinical excellence in contemporary nursing practices, offering expert advice and identifying opportunities for quality improvement.

GRACE is an outreach service that provides a point of liaison and clinical support and education at the Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACH)/Acute care setting interface. The GRACE Service liaises between Residential Aged Care Home (RACH) residents, their family and carers, GPs, Emergency Department (ED) staff, inpatient units of North Canberra Hospital, Canberra Hospital and ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS), for improved care delivery to acutely unwell residents in the ACT.

In addition to clinical support, The GRACE service provides a formal education program for RACHs including a standard suite of sessions / subjects. Analysis of specific needs of each RACH is regularly undertaken, and education is tailored to the specific needs of the RACH.

The primary aim of the nurse practitioner position in the GRACE service is to provide advanced assessment and clinical management of residents of Residential Aged Care Home (RACH) to prevent avoidable presentations to public Emergency Departments (EDs).

The GRACE Nurse Practitioner will continue to develop/evolve to meet the changing clinical requirements of both GRACE and the RACHs.

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.

Note: A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.

Applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.

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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 new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

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