Night Shift Wardsperson in Nowra

Make a meaningful difference every day! Join our team as a Wardsperson and play a vital role in supporting patient care, keeping patients moving safely throughout the hospital, and helping deliver a positive patient experience.

Join the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District as a Night Shift Wardsperson and enjoy the opportunity to work overnight while playing an essential role in patient care and hospital operations. Be part of a supportive team, take on a varied and rewarding role, and help keep the hospital running smoothly when patients and clinical teams need you most.

If you’re reliable, adaptable and confident working independently, with a strong commitment to patient safety and teamwork, this is your opportunity to build a meaningful career in healthcare.

A little about us: Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital is the main referral hospital for the Shoalhaven region, providing emergency care, medical, surgical, mental health and orthopaedic services. The hospital has an Intensive Care Unit focusing on ventilated, high dependency and coronary patients, Children’s Ward and Maternity Unit, as well as a purpose-built regional Cancer Care Centre.

The hospital is currently undergoing a significant redevelopment that will redefine how healthcare is delivered within the Region. Once complete in 2026, the new seven-storey Acute Services Building and refurbishments on the current hospital site will bring a focus on career development, allowing you to grow your career, acquire new skills and advance professionally as the hospital continues to develop.

Within this redevelopment, a purpose-designed Mental Health Inpatient Unit will open for the first time at Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital, providing local consumers with access to comprehensive inpatient mental health care closer to home. There has never been a better time to join the progressive and expanding team in the Shoalhaven providing the highest standard of care to the Shoalhaven community.

Benefits of living and working in the Shoalhaven include beautiful beaches, waterways and National Parks, with Jervis Bay and Kangaroo Valley only a short drive away, as well as many annual food and arts festivals and events.

Benefits of working with ISLHD:

• Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
• Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
• Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
• Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
• Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities

In addition, please note you must have the following essential requirements:

• Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
• Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• A Fitness Assessment (completed prior to being offered position)

ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ISLHD is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards.

We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

Jay Flood at ISLHD acknowledges that our health district is located on the unceded lands of the Aboriginal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the NSW South Coast.