BreastScreen Victoria is recruiting Nurse Practitioners to deliver women’s healthcare in our new Women’s Health Mobile Clinic. This 12-month pilot project is trialing a nurse-led mobile clinic that aims to increase access to women’s healthcare for women of all ages living in rural and regional Victoria. The clinic will operate from our mobile breast screening van which provides breast screening to women in rural Victoria.

We are seeking Nurse Practitioners to provide best-practice sexual and reproductive healthcare and general women’s health and wellbeing consultations to clients visiting the Women’s Health Mobile Clinic. The service aims to provide a high-quality, culturally safe and inclusive healthcare experience for women and people with a cervix of all ages.

About the role:

• You will provide services including contraception information and prescriptions, LARC procedures and referrals, STI consultations, medical termination information and MS-2 Step prescription, surgical termination advice and referrals, cervical and bowel screening consultations, and general women’s health and wellbeing consultations.

• You will make referrals to other healthcare services, pathology and radiology providers as required.

• You will be responsible for developing and maintaining shared-care arrangements when required.

About you:

• You offer excellent clinical skills and knowledge of contemporary women’s healthcare along with exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work alone and in shared care arrangements where required.

• You can travel and live away from home in rural Victorian locations to provide services in the Women’s Health Mobile Clinic

• You must have the training and qualifications to provide IUD insertions, Implanon insertions and Cervical Screening Tests.

• You have completed or are willing to complete:
  • cultural safety training with a recognised Aboriginal-led training provider
  • LGBTIQA+ cultural awareness and inclusivity training

• clinical education on self-collection cervical screening.
• You will have current Registration and endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

The role is a casual position, however, if you are interested in other alternatives please be in touch. The mobile clinic will visit locations for periods from one week to five weeks. A travel away from home allowance is paid. The shifts will generally be 7.6 hours per day from Monday to Friday, with slightly varied start and finish times to align with our mobile breast screening service schedule. There may be some weekend shifts.

To review a copy of the position description, please view the attachment below or visit www.breastscreen.org.au/get-involved/careers.

For additional information, please contact Kate Wilkinson on 0404 161 232 or email [email protected] using the subject line: Nurse Practitioner enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

Applications will be reviewed on receipt.

Other requirements:

• You must have appropriate professional indemnity insurance (PII) for practice to meet the requirements of section 129(1) of the National Law.
• You must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and the Flu, unless you have a medical exemption, per Victoria’s Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020.
• Successful candidates are required to undertake a national and if required an International police check.
• Working with children check

We are committed to promoting diversity, inclusivity and accessibility within our workplace, and encourage people from diverse communities and backgrounds to apply for roles at BreastScreen Victoria. This includes (but is not limited to): people from multicultural backgrounds; LGBTIQA+ communities; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and people with disability.

BreastScreen Victoria has several policies, procedures and systems that promote inclusive behaviours throughout our workforce. They are all key indicators for successful performance in this role.

Please note that we will provide adjustments to the recruitment process on request.