Take advanced mental health nursing beyond traditional boundaries and help shape the future of virtual care across NSW

Use your Nurse Practitioner expertise to independently assess, diagnose and manage complex mental health presentations

Join an innovative multidisciplinary service where your clinical leadership can influence care, strengthen practice and improve outcomes for consumers across NSW

Employment Type:Permanent Full Time

Salary Range: $158,236 - $169,429 per annum (Nurse Practitioner)

Location:NSW Ambulance State Operations Centre, Sydney Olympic Park

Closing Date:24 November 2026

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About the opportunity

As a Nurse Practitioner with the NSW Ambulance Virtual Clinical Care Centre (VCCC) Mental Health Team, you will:

• Provide autonomous advanced mental health care, including comprehensive virtual assessment, clinical formulation, diagnosis, risk assessment and therapeutic management of complex and high-risk presentations.
• Undertake crisis intervention, care planning and disposition decision-making, using advanced clinical judgement to support safe, person-centred and least restrictive care.
• Work within your authorised Nurse Practitioner scope of practice, including prescribing, medication review and monitoring where appropriate.
• Provide expert clinical leadership, consultation and specialist mental health advice to NSW Ambulance clinicians, multidisciplinary teams and external partners.
• Help shape the future of virtual mental health care through clinical governance, education, research, quality improvement and the development of innovative models of care and clinical pathways.

About you

To be successful you will:

• Hold current unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), a relevant master’s level qualification (or equivalent) and endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the NMBA.
• Demonstrate advanced and autonomous expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, risk formulation and therapeutic management of complex mental health presentations, including psychopharmacological and physical health considerations.
• Have strong knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2007, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented care, least restrictive practice and contemporary mental health service delivery.
• Bring highly developed communication, consultation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence clinical practice, provide specialist advice and build effective multidisciplinary and interagency relationships.
• Demonstrate strong IT and digital health skills, including proficiency with electronic medical records, telehealth platforms and clinical information systems, alongside a commitment to education, research, quality improvement and service development.

Your day to day, training and start dates

• The VCCC Mental Health Team will commence operations with a 12-hour per day, seven-day-per-week service model.

How to Apply

Please respond to the two questions below (Maximum 4000 characters per question) and submit your responses along with your CV and any other required documentation.

Tell us about a complex or high-risk mental health presentation where your advanced practice as a Nurse Practitioner materially influenced the safety and care of the consumer. How did you use advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, diagnostic skills and therapeutic decision-making to formulate and manage the presentation, and what was the outcome?

Question 2:Describe a situation where you used your expertise as a Nurse Practitioner to influence multidisciplinary practice or improve a clinical pathway or model of care. How did you engage stakeholders, navigate differing perspectives and achieve a safer or more effective approach to care?

Need Further Information

• If you have any questions about this role, please contact Elliot Williams NPvia [email protected]
• Please refer to the Role Description for further information
• Please refer to the Position Conditions for further information

Additional Information

• Employment of temporary visa holders is only considered if no suitable permanent resident or citizen is identified after labour market testing.
• Eligibility lists and talent pools may be created and used to fill ongoing and temporary vacancies over the next 18 months at the same, or other locations, that are at the same grade and capability level.
• Applicants are expected to provide responses that reflect their own knowledge, experience, and understanding of the role.
• Any AI assisted content should still reflect your own capability; candidates may be asked to discuss or demonstrate examples during interview.

Our Commitment

NSW Ambulance is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. All are welcome to apply, including women, Aboriginal People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, refugees, people of diverse genders and sexuality, and people living with a disability. We value the knowledge, skills, experiences, and perspectives that all people bring to our organisation, patients, communities, and workforce.

If you are an Aboriginal job applicant and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with NSW Ambulance, please contact our Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Coordinator via [email protected] or visit Stepping Up. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health - visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/

If you wish to discuss any changes to the process, you may need to present your best self, including accessibility requirements; please contact the panel convenor or recruitment team for support at NSW Ambulance Corporate Recruitment Team via [email protected].

Additionally, you can contact the NSW Ambulance Diversity & Inclusion Team at [email protected]

Child Safe Employment

NSW Ambulanceis dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

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