ANZSCO 41143.7ModerateRegional Shortage

Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses

Health and Welfare Support Workers · Health and Welfare Support Workers

0.0out of 10
Moderate Risk

Median Weekly Pay

$1,618

Full-time workers

Employment

20,700

Total workers

10yr Growth

+22.2%

Projected to 2034

Shortage Status

Regional Shortage

JSA Official AI Exposure

Automation26.0%
Augmentation63.0%

Key Tasks

  • •Assessing, planning and implementing nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards
  • •Providing interventions, treatments and therapies such as administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatments and care plans
  • •Assisting registered nurses and other team members to coordinate and evaluate care provided
  • •Promoting and assisting in health education activities for the prevention of ill health
  • •Bathing, feeding, changing and settling newborn infants
  • •Providing advice and training on infant care to parents of newborn infants
  • •Providing emotional support to parents of newborn infants

Employment Projections to 2034

Median Age

39

Female Share

84.0%

Part-Time Share

52.0%

Skill Level

2 / 5

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