Full-time

Canberra ACT

Enrolled Nurse

ENrolled nurses (ENs) complete a 2-year Diploma of Nursing and then work under the supervision of a registered nurse. With minimum 2 years work experience. Typical duties include: • Regularly Recording Patients’ Temperature, Pulse, Blood Pressure And Respiration • Providing Interventions, Treatments And Therapies From Patient Care Plans (Including Administering Medicines) • Assisting Registered Nurses And Other Team Members With Health Education Activities • Working In Multidisciplinary Teams; And • Helping Patients With Their Activities Of Daily Living. An enrolled nurse can become a registered nurse by completing further education.

Registered Nurse Registered nurses (RNs) complete a 3-year Bachelor of Nursing or 2-year Master of Nursing through a university. With minimum 2 years work experience. Their scope of practice can include: • Assessing Patients • Developing A Nursing Care Plan • Administering Medicines • Providing Specialised Nursing Care • Working In Multidisciplinary Teams • Supervising Ens And Junior Rns • Undertaking Regular Professional Development • Performing Leadership And Management Roles Such As Being A Nursing Unit Manager Or Team Leader • Working In Advanced Nursing Practice Roles.

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are RNs who have been endorsed. NPs practise independently in an advanced and extended clinical role, and can prescribe some medicines and must: • Be A Registered Nurse With No Restrictions On Practice. • Have 5,000 Hours Of Experience At The Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice Level In The Past 6 Years. • Have Completed An Approved Program Of Study At A Master Degree Level. • State And Territory Governments Employ Most Nps In Acute Care Settings.

Aged Care Aged care is the support provided to older people in their own home or in an aged care (nursing) home. It can include help with everyday living, health care, accommodation and equipment such as walking frames or ramps. Different types of organisations provide aged care services in Australia, including: • Not-For-Profit Organisations • Government Organisations • For-Profit Private Companies.