Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner

Reference Number: 53624: Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner

Employment Type: Multi

Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)

About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD (still within the bounds of Myki and ride-sharing), Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be.

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Nurse Practitioners to join the Heart Failure team in the Emergency Services Division.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role

The Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner is an advanced practice nursing role within the Heart Failure Team. This role is designed to support, complement and evolve with the service demands of the department.

The Nurse Practitioner provides autonomous and collaborative nursing care across clinical contexts and is responsible for advanced clinical decision-making, prescribing, referral, ordering diagnostics, and admission/discharge of patients, in line with their defined scope of practice.

As a leader in heart failure care, the Nurse Practitioner will act as a positive role model, provide clinical leadership, and contribute to the education and development of staff, patients, carers, and the community.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Master of Nursing enabling registration as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Current registration as a Nurse and Endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner in Australia.
• Current prescriber number and eligibility for a provider number.
• Demonstrated experience as an endorsed Nurse Practitioner in a relevant field.
• Advanced clinical knowledge in heart failure management.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and educate within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, safety, quality, and patient-centred care.

Next Steps

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Jovanka Jovanovic, Acting Director of Operations on Jovanka.Jovanovic@nh.org.au .

Applications close 29 May 2026.

Shortlisting will commence immediately for this vacancy. If an appropriate candidate is sourced, the advertising may close early, thus we advise you to apply right away.

Why work at the Northern Health?

NH offer a range of benefits which support and reward staff both personally and professionally.

Our staff benefits include award winning facilities and campus partnerships, Professional development and events, an award-winning Health and wellbeing program and financial benefits.

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our new ‘Thrive’ program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• Access to salary packaging & EAP
• Comprehensive Library services for learning, research, clinical decision-making, leisure and wellbeing (onsite and online)

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.