Nurse Practitioner - Geriatric Outreach Service

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
  
• Location: Various including Mount Barker, Gawler and Victor Harbor
  
  
• Salary: RN/M4 $137,464 - $143,282 per annum
• Salary: RN/M3C $130,190 - $136,010 per annum
  
  
• Full-Time, Temporary – up to 30 June 2027

• “This position is multi‑classed as either RN/M3 or RN/M4 and the appointment classification will be determined by qualifications and endorsement by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to practise within their scope.”

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Geriatric Outreach Service in a highly rewarding advanced practice role where you can make a significant difference to the lives of older people living with dementia as they transition between hospital and residential aged care. As a Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner Candidate, you'll exercise a high level of clinical autonomy, providing specialist geriatric assessment, consultation and dementia-informed care across a range of settings. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, residential aged care providers and families, you'll have the opportunity to lead innovative models of care, influence service delivery, and help improve outcomes for vulnerable clients while enjoying the benefits of working within a supportive and progressive regional health network.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

This position will support service delivery across the Barossa Hills Fleurieu region. As a regional role, it will require travel throughout the network to engage with consumers, providers, and key stakeholders. Working primarily from one of our regional offices across the network, flexible work arrangements are available, including opportunities to work from home. This flexibility supports a positive work-life balance while ensuring you remain connected to your team, stakeholders, and the communities you serve across the region. You'll be part of a supportive and collaborative environment that values professional growth, innovation and work-life balance.

             

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you an endorsed Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Practitioner Candidate with advanced clinical expertise in geriatric care, dementia care, and the management of complex older persons' health needs?
  
  
• Can you confidently work autonomously while exercising expert clinical judgement, decision-making and leadership across diverse care settings?
  
  
• Do you have experience building strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams, residential aged care providers, families and community services?
  
  
• Are you passionate about driving quality improvement, influencing clinical practice and leading innovative models of care for older people?

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

You will be able to……….

• Provide expert geriatric assessment, diagnosis and clinical management for older people experiencing dementia-related behaviours and complex health needs.
  
  
• Deliver or be willing to train in advanced practice nursing care, including prescribing, ordering and interpreting diagnostics, and implementing evidence-based interventions.
  
  
• Collaborate with residential aged care providers, multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders to support integrated, person-centred care.
  
  
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, develop clinical protocols and contribute to service innovation that enhances outcomes for older people.
  
  
• Provide professional leadership, education and mentorship to healthcare teams while supporting research and best-practice care delivery.

If you have answered yes then this may be the role for you!

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information

• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.

• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.

• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you. 

• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you. 

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/

HELP IS HERE!

Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 948375), or reach out to Chrissie Isaksson, Project Manager, Demand Management, on Phone: 0481 475 806 or via E-mail: Christina.Isaksson@sa.gov.au

To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines

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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Wednesday 25th November 2026 at 11:55PM

Eligibility: Open to All

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