1292-11 Director of Nursing

Specialisations/Job Titles

• Senior Nurse Manager

Tasks & Duties

Directs and manages nursing programs and clinical services in hospitals, nursing homes and other health service facilities and maintains standards of nursing care.

• determines the nursing policies of the hospital or health service facility and develops organisational structure and standards of performance
• directs nursing staff
• interprets policies, procedures and objectives of the nursing service to medical and administrative staff and community groups
• promotes working relationships with community agencies
• prepares or assists in the preparation of the nursing budget and contributes to the overall organisational budget
• establishes personnel qualification requirements, directs the preparation of procedure manuals and implements records and reporting systems
• initiates studies to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing services in the organisation in relation to objectives, costs, and nursing care
• may direct on-site nursing education programs and may assist with nursing curricula

Entry Skill Level

The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification and at least 5 years relevant experience. In some instances relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. Registration or licensing is required.

This can be relevant when applying for temporary business sponsorship, and in some cases in applying for skills assessment.

Skilled Occupations List

This occupation is on the Skilled Occupations List. You could consider applying for Skilled Migration to Australia.

If you nominated the occupation of Director of Nursing, you would score 60 points for skill in the skilled migration points test.

The skills assessing authority for this occupation is ANC.

Migration Occupations in Demand List

This occupation is not on the Migration Occupations in Demand List.

Employer Nomination Scheme

An Australian business can sponsor you for a permanent visa Employer Nomination). The occupation of Director of Nursing is on the gazetted list of occupations approved for ENS visas. Your occupation would be skills assessed by ANC

Temporary Business Sponsorship

An Australian or overseas business can sponsor you for a temporary visa lasting for up to 4 years (subclass 457 visa - see Temporary Business Sponsorship). The occupation of Director of Nursing is not on the gazetted list of occupations approved for temporary business sponsorship.