Ongoing Community Nursing Opportunity | Every Two Days | Morning Visits
Chosen Family fosters a community-centric ecosystem that embraces diversity, flexibility, and enrichment for all. We continuously reimagine how our services can create platforms for equality, inclusion, and belonging. Committed to a culture of acceptance, we ensure that everyone is welcomed and valued.
Recognising the interconnectedness of our humanity, we strive to empower individuals to live independently. By honouring each person’s unique identity and experiences, we celebrate and uplift one another in return.
About the Opportunity
Make a meaningful difference through skilled, compassionate nursing care.
Chosen Family is seeking an experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse with wound care expertise to provide ongoing, community-based nursing support to a 24-year-old female participant living in Berkshire Park, NSW.
This is an opportunity to use your clinical knowledge and professional skills to deliver consistent, person-centred wound management while helping a young woman maintain her comfort, dignity and quality of life in her own home.
The participant lives with S tage II Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), a chronic inflammatory skin condition that can cause recurrent abscesses, draining wounds, sinus tract formation and scarring. The condition affects her mobility and ability to independently manage personal care and wound care. During significant flare-ups, she may be bedbound for several days and require additional assistance.
We are looking for a nurse who understands that excellent wound care involves more than clinical technique. It requires patience, careful assessment, consistent documentation, sound clinical judgement and the ability to adapt care to a person’s individual physical, sensory and communication needs.
If you are passionate about community nursing and want to build a meaningful, ongoing professional relationship with a participant, this opportunity may be an excellent fit.
At a Glance: Your Nursing Opportunity
- Location: Berkshire Park, NSW
- Frequency: Every two days
- Visit duration: 2 hours per visit
- Preferred schedule: Morning visits
- Nature of support: Ongoing wound assessment, dressing management and clinical monitoring
- Participant setting: Home-based community nursing
- Commencement: To be confirmed with the successful applicant and subject to clinical readiness
The specific morning start time and commencement date will be confirmed. The ongoing schedule is subject to the participant’s clinical care plan and confirmed service arrangements.
Meet the Participant: Understanding Her Individual Needs
The participant has the following diagnosed conditions:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Level 3
- Mild-to-moderate intellectual disability
- Hypermobility
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- Stage II Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)
These conditions can influence her communication, sensory experiences, mobility, comfort and ability to participate in personal care.
We are seeking a nurse who can deliver clinically appropriate care while recognising the importance of predictability, respectful communication, consent, privacy and individual choice.
A neurodiversity-affirming and sensory-aware approach is essential. The successful applicant should be comfortable adjusting their communication and care delivery to the participant’s needs, particularly during painful or physically challenging flare-ups.
You will be expected to support the participant’s autonomy, explain clinical procedures in an accessible manner, respect her preferences and work collaboratively with her treating clinician and broader care team.
Your Clinical Responsibilities
As the Registered Nurse providing this support, you will play an important role in maintaining continuity of care and monitoring the participant’s wound health.
Your responsibilities will include:
Wound Assessment and Management
- Conduct appropriate wound assessments and perform dressing changes in accordance with the established clinical wound management plan.
- Monitor wound drainage, surrounding skin integrity and wound progression.
- Identify and respond appropriately to signs of infection, deterioration or other wound-related complications.
- Use prescribed wound dressings, packing materials and consumables in accordance with the treating clinician’s instructions and your professional scope of practice.
Clinical Monitoring and Escalation
- Monitor the participant’s clinical presentation and record vital signs when clinically indicated.
- Recognise changes in wound condition, pain, general wellbeing or other relevant clinical indicators.
- Escalate clinical concerns promptly through the agreed clinical pathways.
- Communicate relevant observations and concerns to the designated treating clinician and appropriate care team members.
Documentation and Continuity of Care
- Maintain accurate, timely and objective nursing records.
- Document wound observations, dressing changes, products used, clinical observations and any actions taken.
- Communicate relevant updates to support continuity of care and informed clinical decision-making.
- Follow participant-specific care plans, organisational procedures and applicable professional standards.
Person-Centred Community Nursing
- Deliver care in a respectful, trauma-informed and sensory-aware manner.
- Preserve the participant’s dignity, privacy, comfort and autonomy during wound care and personal care-related procedures.
- Adapt communication and care delivery to accommodate sensory sensitivities and changing mobility needs.
- Maintain infection prevention and control practices and ensure appropriate clinical safety procedures are followed.
- Work collaboratively with the treating clinician and relevant members of the participant’s care team.
Wound Care Experience We Value
We are particularly interested in Registered Nurses with practical experience in wound assessment, dressing selection and wound management.
Experience supporting people with chronic wounds, complex skin conditions, disability-related health needs or reduced mobility will be highly regarded.
The identified wound care products include:
- AQUACEL Ag – for wound packing, as prescribed and appropriate to the confirmed wound management plan.
- Solosite dressings – as specified in the clinical instructions.
The detailed wound management regimen, including dressing frequency, technique, product selection and any additional clinical recommendations, will be provided once available.
The successful nurse must review and clarify the relevant clinical instructions before commencing treatment. All wound care must be undertaken in accordance with the treating clinician’s directions, applicable product guidance and the nurse’s professional scope of practice.
What You Will Bring
To be considered for this opportunity, you should have:
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated experience in wound assessment and dressing management.
- Sound knowledge of infection prevention and control.
- Competence in recognising signs of wound deterioration and escalating clinical concerns.
- Strong clinical assessment, documentation and communication skills.
- The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the treating clinician and care team.
- Reliability and availability for recurring morning visits every second day.
- A compassionate, patient and respectful approach to supporting people with disability.
- An understanding of sensory sensitivities, communication differences and the importance of individualised care.
- Appropriate professional indemnity insurance and compliance with applicable employment and organisational requirements.
Experience in community nursing, chronic wound management, complex care or supporting people with neurodevelopmental disabilities will be an advantage.
Applicable screening checks, certifications and other compliance requirements must be met before commencing where required for the role.
Why This Opportunity May Appeal to You
Consistent, meaningful community nursing
Build continuity into your nursing practice through recurring visits with a participant who benefits from reliable, individualised care.
A focused clinical role
Apply your wound care expertise through scheduled two-hour visits, with clear clinical responsibilities and care guided by an appropriate wound management plan.
Person-centred practice
Work in an environment that values the participant as an individual, not simply a clinical presentation. Your ability to combine technical competence with empathy and respect matters.
The opportunity to make a tangible difference
Your careful assessments, consistent dressing management and timely clinical escalation can contribute to the participant’s comfort, skin health and overall wellbeing.
An inclusive professional community
Join an organisation committed to diversity, dignity, neurodiversity affirmation and LGBTQIA+ inclusion, where respectful care and genuine human connection are central to the way we work.
About Chosen Family
At Chosen Family, we believe quality support starts with genuine human connection, respect and understanding.
We provide person-centred NDIS services that recognise individual strengths, preferences and goals. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, neurodiversity-affirming and culturally responsive environment where participants are supported to exercise choice, maintain dignity and live as independently as possible.
We value nurses who bring not only clinical expertise but also professionalism, accountability, compassion and a genuine commitment to improving the lives of the people they support.
How to Express Your Interest
If you are an experienced Registered Nurse with wound care expertise and can commit to ongoing morning visits in Berkshire Park, NSW, we would love to hear from you.
Please complete your professional profile through the Chosen Family Nurse Support Directory:
Nurse Profile Form: https://supportworker.chosen.family/nurse-form
Completing your profile will help us understand your qualifications, clinical experience, competencies and availability so we can progress your expression of interest for this specific opportunity.
Please ensure your profile highlights your wound care experience, familiarity with relevant dressing products, community nursing background and availability for recurring visits.
The Chosen Family team can provide further information regarding the commencement date, confirmed clinical wound management plan, participant-specific requirements and service arrangements as these details become available.
We encourage applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, and LGBTQIA+ people. We welcome diverse perspectives and are committed to respectful, inclusive recruitment.
Bring your clinical expertise. Deliver care with compassion. Make a meaningful difference at home.
Chosen Family – supporting people to live independently, with dignity, choice and belonging.
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