Registered Nurse
Visa sponsorship
Healthcare · Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $90,000 - $130,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Help older residents retain choice and independence while providing clinical direction to the staff caring for them. This full-time Registered Nurse opening near Wagga Wagga, NSW sits within a community-owned, not-for-profit aged care organisation with 40 years of service to older people and their families. Annual earnings are $90,000 - $130,000.
The Deputy Director of Nursing is your reporting manager, and you will guide clinical practice on your shift. An aged care background is highly regarded; applications from nurses with other clinical experience are also encouraged. Suitably qualified international applicants may access employer sponsorship opportunities, conditional on eligibility, professional registration, migration requirements and approval by the organisation.
Use an English CV to demonstrate clinical assessments, medication management and decisions made when residents' needs changed. Develop your clinical leadership CV with Build AI CV, stating your nursing qualification and AHPRA registration.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess residents, prepare and review care plans, and organise nursing care to reflect each person's needs, preferences and outcomes.
- Handle medication administration, including Schedule 8 medications, within legislative rules and the organisation's procedures.
- Treat wounds, monitor health and escalate any changes in a resident's condition.
- Allocate tasks to Enrolled Nurses and care staff, providing supervision and practical support.
- Record clinical work accurately, assist AN-ACC assessments when required and participate in managing incidents, preventing infection and improving quality.
- Keep residents, their families, medical practitioners and allied health professionals informed; contribute to compliance with the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and professional nursing requirements.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Bachelor of Nursing or a recognised equivalent qualification; registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse must be current.
- Strong capability in clinical assessment, care planning and medication management.
- Excellent skills as a communicator, team member and leader, with the ability to work independently, set clinical priorities and adapt to changing resident needs.
- Understanding of the quality, safety and clinical governance requirements applying to aged care, and commitment to preserving residents' dignity, choice and independence.
- Capacity to satisfy the applicable aged care worker screening requirements.
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