Registered Nurse
Visa sponsorship
Healthcare · Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $90,000 - $130,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
For Indian nursing professionals aiming to build a long-term career in Australia, this full-time Registered Nurse position offers shift-level clinical leadership in residential aged care. The employer is a not-for-profit, community-owned organisation in regional New South Wales near Wagga Wagga, with 40 years of service to older people.
The role reports to the Deputy Director of Nursing and carries responsibility for directing care staff, maintaining standards and protecting resident wellbeing. Prior aged care exposure is highly regarded; candidates from other clinical specialties are also encouraged, which suits nurses broadening their career scope.
Employer sponsorship opportunities are available to suitably qualified international candidates, subject to eligibility, professional registration, migration requirements and organisational approval.
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Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of resident-centred nursing care, organising it around personal needs and preferences
- Lead clinical assessment and care planning, then measure progress against each plan
- Manage medicine administration, Schedule 8 medicines within scope, under the relevant legislation and internal procedure
- Apply wound management skills and ongoing clinical observation
- Act quickly on deterioration by escalating changes in a resident's health
- Provide supervision, coaching and task delegation for Enrolled Nurses and care staff
- Produce precise clinical records and provide input into AN-ACC assessments as needed
- Strengthen governance through incident management, infection control and quality improvement work
- Act as a point of contact for residents, relatives, doctors and allied health colleagues
- Uphold the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and nursing professional obligations
Requirements & Eligibility
- A Bachelor of Nursing, or an equivalent qualification with recognition
- Registered Nurse status with AHPRA, held currently
- Proven depth in clinical assessment, medicines management and care plan development
- Excellent communicator, collaborative team member and capable leader
- Self-directed, able to rank clinical priorities and adapt to evolving resident needs
- Solid knowledge of aged care clinical governance, quality and safety expectations, and a commitment to residents' dignity, choice and independence
- Able to satisfy the aged care worker screening requirements in place
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