Registered Nurse Level 4 Grade 2 - Nurse Practitioner Walk in Centre | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Closes: 24 August 2026

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 4.2
Salary: $154,206 plus superannuation
Position No: 40397-02RBY
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 05 August 2026
Contact Officer: Leah Carlton on Leah.Carlton@act.gov.au or 0468 663 464

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

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:

Are you ready for your next challenge? Then this is the role for you!

Canberra Health Services is seeking an experienced and motivated Nurse Practitioner to join our Walk-in Centre team, delivering high-quality, person-centred care to the Canberra community. As the largest public healthcare provider in the ACT, Canberra Health Services delivers acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services across the ACT and surrounding region, with a strong commitment to excellence, innovation and patient-focused care.

The Walk-in Centres are nurse-led primary health services providing episodic care for minor injury and illness as part of the national Medicare Urgent Care Clinic network. This is an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about autonomous clinical practice and evidence-based care in a fast-paced primary healthcare environment. Working collaboratively within a highly skilled team, you will utilise advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic and treatment skills to manage a diverse range of presentations while contributing to positive patient outcomes and service excellence.

The successful applicant will work collaboratively across the service and report directly to the Assistant Director of Nursing. Credentialing through the Canberra Health Services Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Scope of Practice and Credentialing Committee is mandatory prior to employment as a Nurse Practitioner. Successful candidates will initially be appointed on a temporary Advanced Practice Nurse (RN 3.1) contract while undertaking the Walk-in Centre competency program. Competency must be achieved within four weeks and assessed through Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Upon successful completion of the competency requirements and CHS credentialling process, applicants will be eligible for appointment to an RN 4.2 Nurse Practitioner position.

If you are an innovative clinician who thrives in autonomous practice, enjoys working in a collaborative team environment and is committed to delivering exceptional patient care, we would love to hear from you. For more information about Canberra Health Services, visit www.health.act.gov.au.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Note: This is a full-time temporary position available for six to 12 months with the 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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Note

This is a full-time temporary position available for six to 12 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services
Nursing