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Emergency Services Nurse Practitioner

Reference Number:  4988
Category:  Nursing
Department:  Access & Critical Care Services

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  • Make an impact shaping and advancing Emergency Services Nurse Practitioner scope of practice through innovative, future focused models of care
  • Strong governance, education and professional development support
  • Flexible fixed term full time and part time opportunities until 30 June 2027 (minimum 0.6/3 days p/w)

 

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 Emergency Services

Emergency Services at the Austin consists of the Austin Emergency Department and Short Stay Unit. The Emergency Department services approximately 85,000 patients per year, about 20% of whom are paediatric patients. The inpatient admission rate is of the order of 33%. The Emergency Department aims to assess, manage, and admit patients from a broad range of specialties, within the targets set by the Department of Health. This service will be delivered in a timely, compassionate, and appropriate manner, enhanced through teaching, research and the development of new technologies and processes.

 

Why you’ll love working with us?

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.

 

About the role 

Austin Health is expanding Emergency Services Nurse Practitioner (ENP)–led models of care to provide early senior clinical decision‑making, improve patient flow, and strengthen evidence‑based emergency care across adult, paediatric, and geriatric populations. These roles offer a rare opportunity to influence and advance Nurse Practitioner scope of practice, shaping innovative, future‑focused models of care. Through clinical leadership and system‑level contribution, the role directly strengthens ENP capability and delivers safer, more timely, and higher‑quality care for patients.

Working across defined emergency streams, these roles are aligned to service demand and credentialed scope of practice:

  • Emergency Trauma ENP
  • Short Stay Unit ENP (geriatric focus)
  • Paediatric ENP
  • Fast Track ENP
  • Arrivals Hub ENP (triage and waiting room streaming)

 

A regular day will see you:

  • Deliver expert, evidence‑based, patient‑centred emergency care within ENP scope
  • Provide early clinical assessment, treatment, and discharge decision‑making
  • Support and embed innovative ENP‑led models of care
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Austin Health
  • Contribute to education, quality improvement, and service evaluation

 

About you 

You are an endorsed Nurse Practitioner with strong emergency expertise, motivated by innovation, leadership, and improving patient outcomes in a dynamic emergency environment.

  • Extensive recent experience in Emergency Nursing, including adult and paediatric care
  • Endorsed Nurse Practitioner, with a current Australian prescriber number
  • Advanced procedural skills, including suturing, fracture management, plastering, and splinting
  • Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing, or supporting innovative models of care
  • Sound knowledge of professional nursing standards and legal and ethical frameworks
  • Commitment to quality improvement, evidence‑based practice, and research

 

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: Jaclynn Markham, Clinical Nurse Manager at Jaclynn.MARKHAM@austin.org.au.

 

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

 

Application closing date: Monday 18 May 2026

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