Enrolled Nurse

Rockpool; Queensland; Hybrid; AUD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Rockpool Residential Aged Care in Queensland seeks an Enrolled Nurse to join our team. You will work under clinical direction, deliver high-quality care, and support residents and their families with warmth and professionalism.

You will collaborate with Registered Nurses and Personal Carers, maintain documentation, participate in care planning and quality activities, and bring empathy, calm under pressure, and a genuine commitment to aged care.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration required.
• Diploma of Nursing is mandatory.
• Endorsement for administration of scheduled medicines is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, person-centred nursing care under supervision.
• Monitor resident wellbeing and report deterioration promptly.
• Collaborate with Personal Carers on shift.
• Administer medications within your scope and endorsement (where applicable).
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation.
• Contribute to care planning, audits and incident reporting.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Nursing care

Documentation

Team collaboration

Empathy

Calm under pressure

AHPRA registration

Endorsement meds

Education

Diploma of Nursing

Job description

About Rockpool Residential Aged Care

Rockpool Residential Aged Care is a boutique provider, proudly Queensland owned. We believe great careers and great care go hand in hand. Our My Day My Way model of care puts the people we care for at the centre of everything, shaping their days around their choices, not our routines.

This philosophy shapes how we work and what makes a career at Rockpool different: purpose that matters, contemporary leadership that backs you, beautiful modern homes designed for the people in them, smart technology that frees you to focus on people, and room to grow with Queensland's fastest-growing provider.

About the role

Reporting to the Community Leader and working under the clinical direction and delegation of the Registered Nurse, with clinical direction from the Senior Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Consultant, the Enrolled Nurse delivers safe, high-quality nursing care within their scope of practice. You work alongside Personal Carers on shift, ensure accurate documentation, and are a trusted presence for residents and their families.

Key responsibilities include

• Deliver safe, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care within your scope of practice, under the direction of the Registered Nurse
• Monitor resident wellbeing, identify early signs of deterioration and report promptly to the Community Leader/CNC.
• Work alongside and support Personal Carers on shift
• Administer medications in line with your scope of practice and medication endorsement (where applicable)
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality clinical documentation
• Contribute to care planning, audits, quality activities and incident reporting.

Skills and experience

• Sound clinical assessment and nursing care skills, working confidently within a supervised scope of practice
• Experience in aged care or a comparable clinical environment (preferred)
• Ability to work collaboratively with Personal Carers and Registered Nurses
• Strong documentation skills and attention to detail
• Resident-first, collaborative and values-led, bringing genuine enthusiasm, warmth and empathy to your work every day
• Calm, reliable and professional, staying composed and focused in busy or rapidly changing clinical situations
• Enrolled Nurse with current AHPRA registration
• Diploma of Nursing
• Endorsement for administration of scheduled medicines (desirable)
• Experience in aged care or a comparable clinical environment (preferred)