Staff Development Nurse

Shape confident clinicians

Strengthen quality care

Make a lasting impact

At Brightwater , we’re driven by one powerful belief: everyone deserves the dignity of independence. We support older adults and people living with disability to live life on their terms — and we invest deeply in the people who make that possible.

We’re now seeking a passionate and experienced Staff Development Nurse to join our Clinical Excellence team. This is an opportunity to influence care quality at scale by developing and supporting clinicians across our aged care and disability services. If you’re a passionate and driven to make a real difference, this is your opportunity to join us as we build the new Clinical Excellence Team, where innovation, compassion, and leadership inspires excellence to shape the future of care!

About the Role

As a Staff Development Nurse, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening clinical capability across Brightwater. You’ll lead site-based orientation, clinical education, student placements and graduate programs, while providing expert coaching, guidance and supervision to nurses and care staff.

Working closely with operational leaders, clinical managers and the education team, you’ll help ensure best-practice, person-centred care is delivered consistently — today and into the future.

This is a hands-on, collaborative role with meaningful influence across multiple services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, deliver and evaluate clinical education and training programs , including orientation, graduate and student placements
• Provide clinical coaching, supervision and competency assessment for nurses and healthcare workers
• Support compliance with mandatory training, competencies and regulatory standards
• Partner with Clinical Nurse Managers and leaders to identify development needs and drive performance improvement
• Contribute to quality improvement, risk reduction and clinical governance initiatives
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external education providers
• Role model Brightwater’s values and support a positive learning culture

About You

You are an experienced Registered Nurse who loves developing others and improving standards of care. You bring credibility, warmth and confidence into learning environments and enjoy working across sites with a diverse range of teams.

You’ll have

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse
• Strong clinical experience in aged care, sub-acute or acute care
• Demonstrated experience delivering clinical education and training using adult learning principles
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong computer literacy, including Learning Management Systems and Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and regulatory requirements
• A current driver’s licence
• A current National Police Certificate (less than 12 months old)
• NDIS Worker Screening clearance (or eligibility)

Desirable (but not essential)

• Postgraduate qualification (or working towards one)
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Experience with clinical governance systems

Why Join Brightwater?

• Purpose-driven organisation with a strong reputation for quality care
• Opportunity to influence learning and care outcomes across multiple services
• Supportive, values-led culture that encourages growth and innovation
• Genuine commitment to diversity, inclusion and professional development
• Opportunity to Salary Package up to $18,500 pa and access to gym and retailer discounts

If you share a spirit that is caring , authentic , progressive and courageous then please submit your application through Brightwater's online portal - please note that shortlisting will begin immediately and that Brightwater reserves the right to close the advert prior to this date.

For further enquiries not listed in the job description, please contact Helen Adamos via View phone number on au.workus.org or ***email_hidden***

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