Provides nursing care to patients in a variety of health, aged care, welfare and community settings under the supervision of Registered Nurses. Registration or licensing is required.

Skill Level

2

Alternative Titles

• Nursing Assistant (NZ)

Specialisations

• Medical Assistant (Defence)

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Enrolled Nurse is Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• ANMAC uses five criteria to assess the skills of applicants. Applicants are required to meet all requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment
  • Proof of Identity
    • Applicants must provide evidence of passport, change of name documents and a passport sized photo
  • English Language Proficiency
    • IELTS Academic Test – minimum score of 7 in each component
    • OET – minimum score of B in each component
    • PTE Academic – minimum overall score of 65
    • TOEFL iBT – minimum total score of 94 and minimum scores of 24 in listening and reading, 27 in writing and 23 in speaking
  • Educational Equivalence
    • Applicants are assessed against the current Australian nursing and midwifery educational standards
    • Applicants must provide graduation certificates and basic transcripts from all nursing or midwifery courses that are completed
    • Full Applicants must also provide a transcript that details the number of hours completed in both theoretical and practical components of the relevant nursing course
  • Professional Practice
    • The applicant must have practised as a nurse  in the past 5 years
    • Applicants must provide professional references that meet the following criteria:
      • Official letterhead
      • Written by a direct supervisor who is a nurse
      • Dated
      • Contain an original signature
      • Includes hospital email address and contact phone number for organisation *note mobile numbers are not accepted
      • ANMAC provide a Professional Reference Template for applicants to use

provide nursing care to patients in hospitals, aged care and other health care facilities and in the community, and assist parents in providing care to newborn infants under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Midwife.

Tasks

• assessing, planning and implementing nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards
• providing interventions, treatments and therapies such as administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatments and care plans
• assisting Registered Nurses and other team members to coordinate and evaluate care provided
• promoting and assisting in health education activities for the prevention of ill health
• bathing, feeding, changing and settling newborn infants
• providing advice and training on infant care to parents of newborn infants
• providing emotional support to parents of newborn infants

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In Australia:
AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

In New Zealand:
NZ Register Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Registration or licensing is required.

Occupations in this Group

• 411411 Enrolled Nurse
• 411412 Mothercraft Nurse