3.7ModerateRegional Shortage
Enrolled and Mothercraft Nurses
Health and Welfare Support Workers · Health and Welfare Support Workers
Moderate Risk
Median Weekly Pay
$1,777
Full-time workers
Employment
21,100
Total workers
10yr Growth
+21.3%
Projected to 2035
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 2035
Median Age
38
Female Share
87.0%
Part-Time Share
50.0%
Skill Level
2 / 5
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