Registered Nurse
Visa sponsorship
Healthcare · Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $90,000 - $130,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Looking for a Registered Nurse role where you lead on the floor? A not-for-profit aged care provider owned by its community, based in regional New South Wales near Wagga Wagga, is growing its clinical team. During each shift you guide colleagues, back the care team and protect residents' dignity, independence and wellbeing. You report to the Deputy Director of Nursing, and the organisation has supported older people and their families for 40 years.
Time in aged care is highly regarded, yet nurses with other clinical backgrounds are welcome to apply. International nurses who are suitably qualified may be offered employer sponsorship; eligibility rests on professional registration, migration requirements and organisational approval.
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Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and provide nursing care shaped around each resident's needs and preferences
- Assess residents clinically, prepare care plans and evaluate how residents are progressing
- Give medication, including Schedule 8 medications, as the law and organisational procedures require
- Look after wounds, monitor clinical status and escalate any change in health
- Delegate to, guide and support Enrolled Nurses and care staff
- Document clinical information accurately and add to AN-ACC assessments when needed
- Participate in managing incidents, preventing infection and improving quality, and help the service meet the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and professional nursing requirements
- Liaise with residents, families, medical practitioners and allied health professionals
Requirements & Eligibility
- A Bachelor of Nursing, or an equivalent qualification that is recognised
- Registered Nurse registration with AHPRA that is current
- Clinical assessment, medication management and care planning skills at a strong level
- Excellent communication, teamwork and leadership, with the ability to work independently, prioritise clinical duties and respond to changing resident needs
- Knowledge of aged care quality, safety and clinical governance requirements
- A commitment to the dignity, choice and independence of residents
- Ability to satisfy any applicable aged care worker screening requirements
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