Mothercraft Nurse - ANZSCO 411412

Mothercraft Nurse provides care to newborn infants, and provides advice and training on infant care to parents of newborn infants. Registration or licensing is required.

Mothercraft Nurse may perform the following 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

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Mothercraft Nurse?

Mothercraft Nurse is classified as Group C occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group C occupations are the following :

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF diploma level, three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment completed in the last five years.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Mothercraft Nurse, 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.