Registered Nurse – Disability (Sydney)

Registered Nurse – Disability (Sydney)

21 Oct
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Chosen Community Foundation
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Sydney

21 Oct

Chosen Community Foundation

Sydney

Registered Nurse – Disability & Community | Liverpool & South-West Sydney, NSW

Job Title: Registered Nurse – Disability & Community

Location: Liverpool, South-West Sydney, NSW

Contract: Permanent Full-time

About the chance: Chosen Family is building a talent pool of experienced Registered Nurses in Liverpool and surrounding South-West Sydney areas for future nursing support opportunities. This is not an immediate vacancy; rather, we are proactively connecting with qualified and experienced nurses so that we can identify suitable professionals when nursing support opportunities become available within our growing NDIS community.

Future opportunities may involve providing person-centred, disability-related nursing support in participants’ homes and community settings, working alongside participants, families, support workers, Support Coordinators, allied health professionals and other members of the participant’s care team.

Depending on participant needs and your scope of practice, opportunities may include ongoing nursing support as well as more specialised or complex care.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking compassionate, reliable, and clinically capable Registered Nurses who are interested in providing high-quality nursing support to people living with disability.

We are particularly interested in nurses with experience in community nursing, disability, complex care, chronic health conditions, mental health, rehabilitation, aged care, hospital or other relevant clinical settings.

Experience with any of the following may be particularly relevant to future opportunities:

- Bowel care and continence management
- Catheter care
- Wound care and pressure injury prevention/management




- Medication management and clinical monitoring
- Enteral feeding/PEG-related care, where appropriately qualified
- Seizure-related care
- Respiratory support
- Complex disability-related health needs
- Chronic health conditions
- Post-hospital or transition-to-home support
- Health assessments and clinical observations
- Development and review of nursing care plans
- Collaboration with support workers, families and allied health professionals
- Providing education, guidance or training to support workers within your scope of practice

You do not need experience in every area listed above. We are interested in understanding your individual clinical background and the areas in which you are competent and confident to practise.

Responsibilities of Future Nursing Opportunities

- Provide safe, respectful and person-centred nursing care in participants’ homes and community settings.
- Support participants to maintain their health, wellbeing, dignity, independence and quality of life.
- Complete clinical assessments, observations and nursing interventions within your scope of practice.
- Provide nursing care appropriate to the participant’s documented needs, care plans and clinical requirements.
- Support participants with complex or disability-related health needs.
- Provide appropriate education,



guidance and clinical support to participants, families and support workers.
- Work collaboratively with Support Coordinators, allied health professionals, medical practitioners, families and other members of the participant’s support team.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, progress notes and relevant records.
- Identify and appropriately escalates changes in a participant’s health or clinical presentation.
- Follow relevant clinical procedures, policies, professional standards and participant-specific care plans.
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries, confidentiality and privacy.
- Apply a person-centred, trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach to nursing care.
- Respect each participant’s identity, communication style, culture, preferences and individual choices.

Applicants Should Have

- Current Registered Nurse (Division 1) registration with AHPRA, where applicable to the role.
- Relevant nursing qualifications and clinical experience.
- Experience in disability, community nursing, complex care, aged care, hospital, rehabilitation, mental health or another relevant clinical environment.
- Strong clinical assessment, documentation and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a broader support team.
- Current NDIS Worker Screening Check, where required.
- Working with Children Check (WWCC), where required for the relevant participant/service.
- First Aid and CPR certification, where required.
- Valid driver’s licence and reliable access to a vehicle where the specific nursing opportunity requires travel between participant loc

📌 Registered Nurse – Disability (Sydney)
🏢 Chosen Community Foundation
📍 Sydney

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