Clinical expertise. Staff development. Safer, more confident support.

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse passionate about sharing your clinical knowledge and developing the skills of others?

Hand in Hand Disability Support is seeking an experienced and confident Registered Nurse – High Intensity Training & Clinical Governance to join our growing team.

The primary focus of this position is to develop, deliver and oversee high-intensity support training and competency assessments for our Disability Support Workers, ensuring employees have the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to safely support participants with complex health needs.

This is an opportunity to combine clinical expertise with education, hands-on nursing, clinical governance and quality improvement.

Working alongside our Operations and leadership teams, you will play an important role in building workforce capability, strengthening clinical practices and ensuring the people we support receive safe, high-quality and person-centred care.

If you enjoy educating others, working autonomously and making a practical difference to the quality of disability support, we would love to hear from you.

Why join Hand in Hand?

- Make a lasting impact: Develop the clinical skills and confidence of our frontline workforce.
- Lead high-intensity training: Take ownership of delivering and maintaining staff competencies.
- Wide-ranging clinical role: Combine training, clinical oversight and direct participant nursing.
- Drive quality and safety: Help strengthen clinical practices and safeguards across our services.
- Supportive team environment: Work collaboratively with our operations and leadership teams.

About the role The primary responsibility of this position is to coordinate and deliver high-intensity support training and competency assessments across Hand in Hand. You will work with our Disability Support Workers and leadership teams to ensure employees are appropriately trained, assessed and supported to deliver safe and effective high-intensity supports in accordance with participant-specific needs, clinical requirements and NDIS standards.

Your responsibilities will include

High-Intensity Training & Competency – Primary Responsibility

- Develop, coordinate and deliver high-intensity support training to Disability Support Workers.
- Deliver practical, participant-specific training based on individual clinical needs and support requirements.
- Conduct and document staff competency assessments and practical observations.
- Assess and verify employee competency before they undertake relevant high-intensity support tasks independently.
- Maintain accurate training, competency and refresher training records.
- Identify gaps in employee knowledge,



skills and clinical practice and implement appropriate training.
- Provide ongoing coaching, mentoring and clinical guidance to frontline employees.
- Develop training resources, practical guides and competency assessment tools.
- Work with Operations and Team Leaders to identify training priorities and ensure appropriate staff coverage for participants with high-intensity needs.
- Monitor ongoing competency requirements and identify when reassessment or additional training is required.

Training may include, depending on participant requirements and your clinical competence:
- Complex bowel care.
- Enteral feeding and PEG management.
- Severe dysphagia and mealtime management.
- Urinary catheter care.
- Subcutaneous injections.
- Complex wound care.
- Other high-intensity support activities relevant to our participants.

Clinical Governance & Quality

- Develop, implement and review clinical policies, procedures and training frameworks.
- Provide clinical advice and oversight to promote safe, evidence-based practice.
- Support clinical audits, risk assessments and clinical incident reviews.
- Establish clinical safeguards, escalation pathways and risk controls.
- Identify clinical risks and recommend improvements to existing practices.
- Support organisational compliance with the NDIS Practice Standards and High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors.
- Monitor clinical training and competency compliance across the workforce.

Participant Clinical Assessment & Nursing Support

- Conduct participant nursing assessments and clinical reviews where required.
- Develop and review individualised nursing care plans and health management strategies.
- Provide direct nursing care within your professional scope where required.
- Review participant-specific clinical support requirements and identify additional training or safeguards.
- Work collaboratively with GPs, specialists, allied health professionals, participants and families.
- Provide clinical guidance when participant health needs change or concerns arise.

About you We are looking for a Registered Nurse who is clinically confident, an excellent educator, approachable and comfortable working autonomously.

You will bring

- Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum 5 years' relevant post-registration nursing experience.




- Experience supporting people with complex health and high-intensity support needs.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience in high-intensity clinical interventions.
- Experience delivering clinical training, education or staff competency assessments.
- Confidence teaching practical clinical skills and assessing employee competency.
- Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills.
- Understanding of clinical governance, risk management and quality improvement.
- Sound knowledge of medication management, infection prevention and clinical documentation.
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to provide clear, practical clinical advice to employees and management.
- Current driver's licence and willingness to travel between service locations.
- NDIS Worker Screening clearance or willingness to obtain.

Highly regarded

- Experience delivering NDIS High Intensity Support training.
- Understanding of the NDIS High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors.
- Experience working within disability services or Supported Independent Living (SIL).
- Experience developing training programs and competency assessment frameworks.
- Experience conducting clinical audits and incident reviews.
- Experience developing clinical policies, procedures and resources.

About Hand in Hand Disability Support Hand in Hand Disability Support is a registered NDIS provider delivering disability support services across North Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region.

Our purpose is to Encourage and Empower the people we support to live fulfilling lives, build independence and actively participate in their communities.

We believe quality support starts with quality people. We value person-centred care, accountability, teamwork and empowering both participants and employees to achieve their best.

We are committed to building a supportive and professional workplace where employees are encouraged to develop their skills, share their knowledge and contribute to continuous improvement.

This position is an opportunity to help shape the clinical capabilities of our workforce and make a genuine difference to the safety, confidence and quality of support delivered to our participants.

Ready to make an impact?

If you are an experienced Registered Nurse who enjoys educating others, developing clinical skills and improving the quality of disability support, we would love to hear from you.

Apply through SEEK with your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your nursing experience, high-intensity support knowledge and experience delivering staff training.

Develop our people. Strengthen our clinical practice. Empower the people we support.

Hand in Hand Disability Support – Encourage and Empower.

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