At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead clinical governance while providing hands-on nursing care to participants with complex health needs.
- Company: Join SCMB Disability Supports, a dedicated NDIS provider focused on person-centred care.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working arrangements with part-time or casual options.
- Other info: Opportunity for professional growth in a collaborative and supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact by improving care quality and supporting frontline teams.
- Qualifications: Must be a registered nurse with strong clinical skills and experience in complex care.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 $ per year.
SCMB Disability Supports is seeking an experienced and confident Registered Nurse – Clinical Governance & Complex Care to join our growing team. This is a diverse role combining hands-on nursing, complex care, clinical governance, staff training and quality improvement. You’ll work alongside our Operations and Practice teams to strengthen clinical practice, support frontline employees and help ensure people with disability receive safe, high-quality and person-centred care.
If you enjoy having autonomy, sharing your clinical expertise and making practical improvements to the way care is delivered, we’d love to hear from you.
- Genuine flexibility: Permanent part-time or casual options
- Varied role: Combine clinical leadership with direct participant nursing
- Make an impact: Help shape clinical systems, safeguards and quality across our services
- Use your expertise: Train, mentor and build the confidence of frontline disability support workers
- Meaningful work: Improve the safety and quality of supports for people with complex health needs
About the role
Working across our community and Supported Independent Living (SIL) services, you’ll provide clinical leadership while remaining connected to hands‑on participant care. Your responsibilities will include:
- Clinical Governance & Quality
- Develop, implement and review clinical policies, procedures and governance systems
- Provide clinical advice and oversight to support safe, evidence-based practice
- Conduct clinical audits, risk assessments and clinical incident reviews
- Establish clinical safeguards, escalation pathways and risk controls
- Lead practical quality improvement activities
- Support alignment with the NDIS Practice Standards and High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors
- Clinical Assessment & Nursing Care
- Conduct participant nursing assessments and clinical reviews
- Deliver direct nursing care within your professional scope
- Develop and review individualised nursing care plans and health management strategies
- Support complex health needs including medication management, continence, wound care and other clinical interventions
- Identify changes in participant health and coordinate appropriate clinical responses
- Work collaboratively with GPs, specialists, allied health professionals, participants and families
- Complex & High-Intensity Supports
- Enteral feeding
- Urinary catheter care
- Complex wound care
- Develop and deliver practical clinical training
- Conduct and document participant‑specific competency assessments
- Support safe medication administration practices
- Assess competencies relating to high‑intensity supports
- Mentor and coach disability support workers
- Develop practical clinical resources and competency tools
- Identify training needs and opportunities to improve practice
- Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant post‑registration nursing experience
- Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills
- Experience supporting people with complex health needs
- Experience in clinical governance, clinical risk, quality improvement or clinical leadership
- Experience training, mentoring and assessing staff competency
- Sound knowledge of medication management, infection prevention and clinical documentation
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to provide clear, practical clinical advice
- Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel between service locations
- NDIS Worker Screening clearance or willingness to obtain
- NDIS, disability or community nursing
- Supported Independent Living (SIL)
- NDIS Practice Standards
- High Intensity Support Skills Descriptors
- Clinical governance system development
- Clinical audits and incident reviews
- Development of clinical policies, procedures and training resources
You’ll provide clinical assessment and oversight for participants with complex health and high-intensity support needs. Depending on your demonstrated clinical competence, this may include:
You’ll also develop participant‑specific clinical plans, risk assessments and emergency procedures and identify when additional safeguards, training or specialist input are required. A key part of this position is building the capability of our frontline teams.
About you
We’re looking for an RN who is clinically confident, practical, approachable and comfortable working autonomously. You’ll bring:
Highly regarded
Experience in any of the following would be an advantage:
About SCMB Disability Supports
SCMB Disability Supports is a registered NDIS provider delivering disability support services across Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast and North Brisbane. We’re committed to safe, reliable and person‑centred supports that promote independence, choice and community participation. Our approach is collaborative. We work closely with participants, families, employees and healthcare professionals, and we value accountability, professionalism and continuous improvement.
This position is an opportunity to bring your clinical expertise into an organisation where you can make a practical difference to both the people we support and the teams providing their day‑to‑day care.
Ready for your next nursing challenge? If you're an experienced RN looking for a role where you can combine clinical practice, leadership, education and quality improvement, we’d love to hear from you. Bring your clinical expertise. Strengthen our teams. Help us deliver safer, better care.
Registered Nurse – Clinical Governance & Complex Care in Caboolture employer: SCMB Disability Supports
SCMB Disability Supports offers flexible working arrangements, including permanent part-time or casual options, making it an attractive employer for those seeking work-life balance. The company fosters a culture of clinical leadership and hands-on nursing, allowing employees to make a meaningful impact in the lives of people with disabilities. Opportunities for professional growth are supported through staff training and quality improvement initiatives.
