Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

East Gippsland Mental Health and Wellbeing Local | Permanent Part-time or Full-time  

Join the East Gippsland Mental Health and Wellbeing Local based in Bairnsdale, providing  accessible mental health and wellbeing support to people across the East Gippsland community.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Local services provide a local point of access to mental health and wellbeing support for people experiencing mental health concerns, including people experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.

About the role

In partnership with Wellways and Gippsland Lakes Complete Health, Latrobe Regional Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join the Mental Health and Wellbeing local on a full time or part time basis. As Nurse Practitioner you will provide advanced clinical assessment and intervention while working collaboratively with people accessing the Local, their families and carers, the multidisciplinary team and other health and community services. You will support people to navigate an integrated pathway of treatment, care and support that promotes recovery, wellbeing and meaningful outcomes.

You will also contribute clinical leadership to the evolving model of care, strengthening evidence-informed practice, workforce capability, quality and safety, and integrated service delivery across the Local.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Nurse Practitioner is to:

• Conduct specialist assessments and specific nursing care in individual and group interventions.
• Provide quality clinical care including medication management, aligned with scope of clinical practice.
• Participate in the admission and transition of care/discharge for clients utilising the clinical risk screening, assessment and care planning approach adopted by the Locals.
• Contribute to and implement care plans as formulated in collaboration with the Clinical Lead.
• Ordering and monitoring the results of tests and investigations within the practice guidelines.
• Evaluate the progress of the client based on identified care needs and report any risks and outcomes.
• Provide leadership in the delivery and coordination of care and contributing to the development of individuals, teams and contemporary models of service delivery.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Division 1 Registered Nurse with post graduate qualification in mental health nursing
• Masters level Nurse Practitioner qualifications (or those deemed equivalent by AHPRA)
• At least 5 years’ experience in a senior nursing role
• Possess an understanding of relevant legislation and practice frameworks relating to family violence practice, including but not limited to the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme (FVISS), Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS) and the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM)
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary service delivery framework
• Advanced leadership skills and demonstrated ability to lead a team
• Strong evidence of participation in research and quality improvement activities
• Post Graduate qualification in management or research (Desirable)

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 23rd November 2026

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Darrin Henry, General Manager -Community Mental Health Eastern via email: darrin.henry@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

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Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.