Registered Nurse (Aged Care) - ANZSCO 254412
- Assessment Authorities: ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Aged Care) provides nursing care to the elderly in community settings, residential aged care facilities, retirement villages and health care facilities. Registration or licensing is required.
Registered Nurse (Aged Care) may perform the following tasks:
- assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards
- working in consultation with other Health Professionals and members of health teams, and coordinating the care of patients
- providing interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitoring responses to treatment and care plan
- promoting health and assisting in preventing ill health by participating in health education and other health promotion activities
- answering questions and providing information to patients and families about treatment and care
- supervising and coordinating the work of Enrolled Nurses and other health care workers
This occupation belongs to Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL). MLTSSL is the occupational demand list which is in high demand across various states and territories of Australia.
If your occupation is on MTSSL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled independent ( Subclass189)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - Family nominated
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)- Direct Entry and Temporary Residence Transition streams
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)– Graduate Work
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) Medium-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Registered Nurse (Aged Care)?
The assessing authority for this occupation is Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
If you wish to migrate to Australia as a nurse practitioner through Skilled Migration Program or Employer Sponsored Visas, you are required to have a current registration with Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC).
Click here to read further information regarding the process of registration by ANMAC.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Registered Nurse (Aged Care) , please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
