Registered Nurse - Older Persons Behavioural Unit - Bankstown- Lidcombe Hospital - Perm PT/FT
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time / Part Time up to 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ600190
Application Close Date: 31/08/2025
Interview Date Range: 03/09/2025 – 10/09/2025
Contact Details: Amanda Mercer | (02) 9722 7585 | amanda.mercer@health.nsw.gov.au
Please note: A current influenza (flu) vaccination is a mandatory requirement for appointment to this
About the Opportunity
Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse with a passion for person-centred care and supporting older adults with complex behavioural needs? Join the dedicated team in the Older Persons Behavioural Unit at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, where you’ll play a vital role in delivering safe, high-quality, and culturally responsive care. Working closely with patients, families, carers, and a multidisciplinary team, you’ll critically assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care that promotes dignity, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for older persons.
This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to a specialised unit that values collaboration, continuous learning, and clinical excellence. You’ll take ownership of your practice, engage in professional development, and actively support and mentor others in the team. If you're looking for a role where your skills and compassion can make a real difference, and where you’ll be supported to grow and thrive, we invite you to apply for this permanent full-time or part-time position today.
What You'll be Doing
The Registered Nurse will provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centred care and work in collaboration with patients/families/carers and a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Describe your recent experience as a Registered Nurse in a relevant specialty, including how you apply evidence-based practice and critical thinking to deliver safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive care.
- Provide examples of how you communicate and engage effectively with patients, carers, and the multidisciplinary team to ensure responsive, person-centred care, including how you manage professional relationships and resolve conflicts.
- Explain your understanding and involvement in risk management, work health and safety, and quality improvement initiatives, and how you contribute to maintaining a safe and high-performing clinical environment.
- Ward 2D treats a mixture of aged care and patients with challenging behaviours. There will be times when you are required to manage more than one patient on a shift with challenging behaviours. Can you advise how you would manage your shift? What safety measures would you implement..
Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
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