Enhanced Care Activity Coordinator, Enrolled Nurse or Assistant in Nursing - Gra

Northern NSW Local Health District; Byron Bay; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Fitness discounts

Professional development

Team culture

Career opportunities

Job summary

Northern NSW Local Health District in Byron Bay NSW is hiring an Enhanced Care Activities Coordinator, Enrolled Nurse or Assistant in Nursing. The role supports dementia, delirium, or frailty patients with meaningful activities and compassionate, person-centred care.

Join a team emphasising dignity, safety and emotional wellbeing, with training provided and flexible permanent full-time or part-time opportunities. Salary range $65,150 to $81,508 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Permanent Full Time or Part Time opportunities available for applicants with pre-existing working rights in Australia.
• Position classification: Assist In Nursing / Enrolled Nurse.
• Experience with dementia, delirium, or frailty care is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Individual engagement and behavioural support tailored to each patient's needs.
• Meaningful activities designed to ease agitation and promote emotional wellbeing.
• Support for mobility, falls prevention, and sensory stimulation to enhance physical safety.
• Preserving dignity and safety for patients experiencing dementia, delirium or frailty.

Skills

Patient engagement

Emotional support

Mobility support

Falls prevention

Dementia care

Team collaboration

Job description

Enhanced Care Activity Coordinator, Enrolled Nurse or Assistant in Nursing - Gra

Northern NSW Local Health District – Byron Bay NSW

Discover the balance. Enjoy more flexibility, diverse career pathways, the opportunity to learn and grow, salary packaging + more.

Permanent Full Time, Part Time opportunities available for applicants with pre-existing working rights in Australia. Northern NSW LHD is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Position Classification: Assist In Nursing / Enrolled Nurse
Remuneration: $65,150.16 - $81,508.14 per annum, pro rata
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID:REQ694350

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable older persons? Join NNSWLHD as an Enhanced Care Activities Coordinator and become a vital part of a team that brings comfort, connection, and dignity to those experiencing dementia, delirium, or frailty. If you thrive on meaningful engagement, creative activities, and compassionate care, this is your chance to transform hospital stays into healing experiences – one interaction at a time.

About the role

At NNSWLHD we want to empower and inspire our nurses to deliver exceptional care to every patient, in every situation. This position works in close collaboration with the nursing team to provide compassionate, person-centred care through:

• Individual engagement and behavioural support tailored to each patient's needs
• Meaningful activities designed to ease agitation and promote emotional wellbeing
• Support for mobility, falls prevention, and sensory stimulation to enhance physical safety
• Preserving dignity and safety for patients experiencing dementia, delirium or frailty

Enhanced Care Activities Coordinators play a pivotal role in ensuring patients receive clinical attention as well as vital emotional and psychosocial support, leading to fewer adverse events and a significantly improved patient experience. You will receive comprehensive training to confidently deliver Enhanced Care activities and provide meaningful support to patients.

About Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD)

We are a healthcare community, caring for the people of the Northern Rivers. We understand that high quality healthcare and quality of life go hand in hand. Our hospitals, and our community health and multipurpose services are a well-balanced modern network truly connecting the communities we serve across the Tweed, Richmond, and Clarence Valleys.

If you care about high quality healthcare and quality of life, we encourage you to join us.

You care. We care. Learn more about NNSWLHD here.

Relocating to the region?

The Welcome Experience in the Northern Rivers connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

Learn more at: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience

Join our team and you’ll enjoy:

• Salary packaging and novated leasing – increase your take-home pay
• Fitness discounts – focus on your health and wellbeing
• Growth – access to professional and personal development
• Team culture – work in a collaborative, flexible and supportive team environment
• Opportunities to start or build a career, or re-enter the workforce

Applications Close: 12 October 2026

NNSWLHD embraces the diverse skills and perspectives that our people bring to the workplace. We foster inclusiveness and diversity to help us deliver quality care to our community.

NNSWLHD is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply for this position. All applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be viewed most favourably.

For help with your application to this role visit Stepping Up, our online recruitment resource for Aboriginal people.

To apply for this position, you must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, or be able to independently, legally live and work in Australia. For more information, please see www.homeaffairs.gov.au

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2026_004).

You may be subject to a probationary period of six months from the date of appointment to this position.

This recruitment may be used to create an Eligibility List for similar roles in the future.