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Rural Generalist Nurse Practitioner (RN/RM4)

• Limestone Coast Local Health Network – Keith and District Healthcare
• Salary: RN/RM4 - $137,771 p.a. (plus 20% Attraction & Retention Allowance, superannuation, leave loading, salary sacrifice benefits, and potential meal and accommodation allowances)
• Permanent Full-Time (7-day roster)
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

About the Role

An exciting opportunity exists for a Rural Generalist Nurse Practitioner to join Keith and District Healthcare. This diverse role offers a broad scope of practice, allowing you to deliver advanced clinical care across urgent care, primary health, and aged care settings.

You will:

• Provide services across Urgent Care and ‘inreach’ support to residents of Stirling Lodge Residential Aged Care Facility.
• Diagnose and treat patients of all ages with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Deliver advanced nursing care, education, consultancy, research, management, and mentoring.
• Work with autonomy and advanced clinical decision-making, while collaborating with medical and allied health teams to ensure safe, high-quality patient outcomes.

About You

You will be registered (or eligible) as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold (or be eligible to hold) a current practising certificate. With proven advanced-level nursing experience, you bring strong expertise in urgent care and aged care, as well as primary healthcare coordination and management.

Self-motivated, innovative, and collaborative, you demonstrate leadership, accountability, and a strong commitment to best-practice care.

What We Offer

• 20% Attraction & Retention Allowance on top of base salary.
• Flexible accommodation options (Monday to Friday) and potential meal provisions – helping you settle into your new role.
• Opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of rural communities.
• Work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team while enjoying the autonomy of advanced nursing practice.

Apply now to take on this rewarding role and help shape the future of healthcare in Keith and the Limestone Coast.

BENEFITS

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued.
• Access to salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. 
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $13,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Work/life balance - many sporting clubs, activities and social events suitable for young and mature professionals

ABOUT US

Keith and District Healthcare is a vital regional health service within the Limestone Coast Local Health Network, providing a range of services including urgent care, residential aged care, community health, and allied health. With strong community connections, the service is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, and patient-centred care to the Keith community and surrounding districts.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network is surrounded by a world class wine region, outdoor adventures, and some of South Australia’s best coastline, offering a work-life balance like no other.

Your lifestyle

• Relaxed and affordable lifestyle
• Access to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surf
• Outstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilities
• Well-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campuses
• Plenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiences

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.

Services include accident and emergency, day and inpatient surgery, aboriginal health, obstetric services, community health, paediatric and aged care services.

Our health facilities have dedicated, experienced staff who strive to meet the needs of the community by providing the highest level of health care within the Mount Gambier, Bordertown, Keith, Kingston, Lucindale, Millicent, Naracoorte and Penola areas.

Find out about working with the Limestone Coast Local Health Network at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/workatLCLHN.

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) 
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients) 

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is committed to building a flexible, diverse and inclusive culture, planning for and promoting diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as diverse community groups and ages including, LGBTQI+, people living with a disability and other diversity groups. The LCLHN recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and consumers in being an employer of choice.

For more information about the role please refer to the Job Pack provided below. Job ref: 911551

Enquiries

Melissa Perry
Position: Executive Officer/Director of Nursing & Midwifery
Phone: 8752 9000
E-mail: melissa.perry@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

12 September 2025 - 2 week close - 11.55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

Attachments

 911551 - Nurse Practitioner Role Description Keith.pdf

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