Registered Nurse – Casual | Residential Aged Care

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for the flexibility of casual work while making a genuine difference in the lives of older people?

Join BallyCara’s ResCare team at our beautiful Scarborough community, where you'll provide high-quality, person-centred clinical care in an environment built around dignity, wellbeing and positive ageing.

We're looking for Registered Nurses who can work flexibly across morning, afternoon and night shifts.

Availability across multiple shift types is highly desirable, making this an excellent opportunity for nurses seeking flexibility around their lifestyle, family commitments or other work.

Why BallyCara?

When you join BallyCara, you’re joining more than a workplace—you’re becoming part of a values-led community built on relationships, respect, and purpose. We support you to do meaningful work while growing in a way that suits you.

BallyCara is an established charitable organisation that offers a wellness-focused lifestyle for our clients to facilitate independent living, health, and happiness.

At BallyCara, you will belong to a welcoming and inclusive community where your individual strengths and interests are embraced and are the key driver to everything that we create together. We will empower you with flexibility, autonomy and coaching to allow you to make a meaningful difference, whilst supporting you in your career and personal journey.

We inspire healthy and happy living through our SONA® (Happiness) values and enhance our employee's wellness through the following employee benefits:

• Emotional Wellness: Enhance your happiness. Enjoy a wellness day off each year to take on your birthday, for your family, or just for you because you are worth it. 
• Physical Wellness: Improve your health and wellbeing with a fitness allowance for remedial massage, outdoor wellness gear, yoga, pilates, swimming, or gym plus access to an online fitness portal LIFT Fitness!
• Professional Wellness: Enhance your career with two days of paid study leave combined with yearly study assistance!
• Financial Wellness: Access not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550, receive 17.5% annual leave loading, and up to $1,892 per annum in financial discounts from our TELUS Health EAP and wellbeing portal! 

About the role

As a Registered Nurse, you'll provide safe, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care while working as part of our multidisciplinary residential care team.

Your day may include:

• Conducting clinical assessments and developing individualised care plans
• Administering medications and providing clinical treatments
• Wound management and monitoring residents' health
• Supporting residents living with dementia and palliative care needs
• Recognising and responding to changes in residents' conditions
• Coordinating care with families, GPs and allied health professionals
• Supporting and guiding ENs, PCWs and less experienced team members
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation
• Contributing to quality improvement and positive clinical outcomes

What we're looking for

We're looking for compassionate and capable Registered Nurses who bring:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse, with no restrictions
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Strong clinical assessment and care planning skills
• Experience or an interest in residential aged care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A commitment to person-centred, evidence-based care
• A genuine passion for supporting older people to live with dignity and independence
• Current First Aid and CPR
• Satisfactory Police Check, or willingness to obtain

Experience in residential aged care, dementia or palliative care will be highly regarded.

Whether you're an experienced aged care nurse or looking to bring your clinical skills into a rewarding residential environment, BallyCara offers an opportunity to do work that matters.

Morning, afternoon and night shift availability is highly desirable.

Join BallyCara and help us Inspire Healthy and Happy Living — one resident, one relationship and one shift at a time.

Please note:

Applications must be submitted via our recruitment portal. Applications received through external agencies or alternative channels will not be accepted.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We sincerely thank you for your interest in working with BallyCara and for taking the time to apply.