Classification: Registered Nurse Level 4
Salary: $154,206 plus superannuation
Position No: LP7726 - 02QVW
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 22 June 2026
Contact Officer: Sarah French on [email protected]
What can we offer you:
- City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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 (act.gov.au)
About the Role:
Clare Holland House provides Specialist Palliative Care Services throughout the ACT including Home-based, Inpatient, Outpatient services along with outreach to Residential Aged Care Facilities and North Canberra Hospital. The Inpatient Hospice, situated on the shores of Lake Burly Griffin in Barton, provides admission for End-of-life care, symptom management and optimisation along with carer respite for patients experiencing a range of life-limiting illness.
The PEACE team’s Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners deliver compassionate, expert consultative care to residents with life-limiting illnesses in residential aged care facilities throughout the ACT. We are dedicated to supporting each individual’s unique palliative care needs, enhancing comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for Nurse Practitioner.
Note: This is a full time/part time temporary position available for 12 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency.
For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”
Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.
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 ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal.
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