RN Specialist: Complex Disability & SIL/SDA Care

Chosen Family; Sydney; On-site; AUD 620,000 - 895,000; Full time

Job summary

Chosen Family in Jordan Springs, NSW, is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to support a participant with complex clinical and disability needs in a SIL/SDA setting. This casual role covers a 24/7 care environment with varied shifts, including sleepover arrangements.

You will deliver individualised nursing interventions, monitor health, manage medications, and work closely with the RN Team Leader and support workers to ensure safe, person-centred care that respects dignity and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia through AHPRA.
• Demonstrated experience in complex clinical care, disability nursing, community nursing, or a comparable clinical setting.
• Practical experience in diabetes management, blood glucose monitoring, and insulin administration.
• Competence in wound care, pressure injury prevention and management, catheter care, and continence support.
• Experience with complex manual handling, including hoist and sling transfers, and supporting individuals with mobility restrictions.
• Sound knowledge of medication safety, clinical assessment, monitoring, documentation, and escalation procedures.
• The ability to follow individualised clinical plans and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Current screening checks, mandatory training, and relevant certifications required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, evidence-informed nursing interventions in accordance with the participant’s individualised care plans and organisational policies.
• Monitor blood glucose levels and administer insulin in accordance with prescribed orders and approved protocols.
• Provide wound assessment and wound care, including pressure injury prevention, monitoring, and management.
• Deliver catheter care and support continence management.
• Implement lymphoedema management strategies and pressure care interventions.
• Support the participant’s health needs while maintaining dignity, comfort, and respect.
• Administer medications safely within your scope of practice and in accordance with valid medication orders.
• Monitor clinical observations and identify changes in the participant’s health status.
• Recognise signs of clinical deterioration and escalate concerns promptly to the appropriate clinical lead or emergency service.
• Maintain accurate medication records and clinical documentation.
• Follow infection prevention, control, and clinical risk management procedures.
• Support a participant with intellectual disability, significant cognitive impairment, and associated mental health needs.
• Undertake complex manual handling including hoist and sling transfers.
• Follow safe work practices for mobility restrictions and bariatric care requirements.
• Apply positioning, skin integrity, pressure care, and falls prevention strategies.
• Work collaboratively with support workers to ensure nursing interventions are delivered consistently and safely.
• Complete accurate nursing notes, clinical observations, medication records, and incident documentation.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with privacy, consent, and professional documentation requirements.
• Identify clinical risks and communicate relevant changes to the RN Team Leader and stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuity of care through clear handovers and consistent protocol implementation.
• Work closely with the RN Team Leader, support workers, and health professionals.
• Promote the participant’s choice, dignity, privacy, autonomy, and rights.
• Provide respectful, compassionate, and individualised care.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Disability care

Diabetes management

Wound care

Medication safety

Manual handling

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

AHPRA RN registration

Job description

Chosen Family in Jordan Springs, NSW, is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to support a participant with complex clinical and disability needs in a SIL/SDA setting. This casual role covers a 24/7 care environment with varied shifts, including sleepover arrangements.

You will deliver individualised nursing interventions, monitor health, manage medications, and work closely with the RN Team Leader and support workers to ensure safe, person-centred care that respects dignity and autonomy.