Start Your Career with Purpose at RSL LifeCare - Graduate Nurse Program

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact? Join RSL LifeCare and embark on a rewarding career where purpose meets possibility.

• Competitive Pay & Benefits
• Flexible Full-Time or Part-Time roles, working a rotating roster including AM, PM, Nights and Weekends
• With opportunities in our Beautiful Aged Care Facilities in Merimbula, Tura Beach, Yass and ACT

Applications Close: Sunday, 15th June 2025

About Us:
At RSL LifeCare, we're not just a workplace-we're a community that has been supporting veterans and seniors for over 100 years. Our Residential Care teams have the unique privilege of improving lives every day by providing compassionate, high-quality care to those who deserve it most.

Join us and be a part of a purpose-driven organization that values you and the incredible difference you make in the lives of others. We work with dedication to help our residents live their best lives, with care, dignity, and respect.

The Graduate Nurse Program:
This exciting 12-month program is the perfect launchpad for your nursing career. We're here to guide and mentor you as you make the transition from university to your new role as a Registered Nurse. The program provides you with the hands-on experience you need, along with one-on-one mentorship from seasoned professionals, ensuring you develop the skills to excel in aged care and residential health settings. We have roles available in both permanent full-time and part-time for the August 2025 intake. These roles require you to be available on a rotating roster including AM, PM, Nights and Weekends.

As a Graduate Nurse, you'll:

• Deliver and oversee the provision of high-quality care to residents
• Practice within a diverse and multi-disciplinary care team
• Embody a person-centred approach, recognising and promoting the individual's unique goals and preferences
• Participate in clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement activities

Our benefits:
RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:

• Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.
• Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
• Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave
• Career opportunities across Residential Care homes and Community Services

About You:
We're looking for passionate, caring individuals ready to make a difference. You'll be someone who:

• Demonstrated compassion, empathy and advocacy. Our teams have a passion for what they do and the impact they make to our residents and their families.
• Your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to ensure the best possible resident experience, teamwork and standard of care
• Your ability to work independently and demonstrate sound decision-making
• A completed university nursing degree.
• Current registration with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency).
• Applicants must have full Australian working rights at the time of application (i.e., Australian citizen, permanent residency, NZ citizen or an unrestricted visa).
• A commitment to completing the 12-month program.

Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow!

It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.

Our commitment to diversity:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.
We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.