Nurse Researchers design, conduct and evaluates nursing and interdisciplinary research projects, and promotes the implementation of research findings into clinical nursing practice.

Skill Level

1

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Nurse Researcher is Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• ANMAC uses five criteria to assess the skills of applicants. Applicants are required to meet all requirements to obtain a positive skills assessment
  • Proof of Identity
    • Applicants must provide evidence of passport, change of name documents and a passport sized photo
  • English Language Proficiency
    • IELTS Academic Test – minimum score of 7 in each component
    • OET – minimum score of B in each component
    • PTE Academic – minimum overall score of 65
    • TOEFL iBT – minimum total score of 94 and minimum scores of 24 in listening and reading, 27 in writing and 23 in speaking
  • Educational Equivalence
    • Applicants are assessed against the current Australian nursing and midwifery educational standards
    • Applicants must provide graduation certificates and basic transcripts from all nursing or midwifery courses that are completed
    • Full Applicants must also provide a transcript that details the number of hours completed in both theoretical and practical components of the relevant nursing or midwifery course
  • Professional Practice
    • The applicant must have practised as a nurse or midwife in the past 5 years
    • Applicants must provide professional references that meet the following criteria:
      • Official letterhead
      • Written by a direct supervisor who is a nurse or midwife
      • Dated
      • Contain an original signature
      • Includes hospital email address and contact phone number for organisation *note mobile numbers are not accepted
      • ANMAC provide a Professional Reference Template for applicants to use

Provide clinical and theoretical education to and promote professional development of nurses and midwives, and conduct research into nursing practice.

Tasks

• Researching, planning, developing and implementing nursing curricula
• Facilitating practical experience for general and specialist nurses
• Evaluating ongoing and changing educational needs and monitoring course outcomes
• Participating in developing and implementing policies affecting nursing, nurse education and health
• Undertaking and promoting nursing and interdisciplinary research projects, and disseminating research information
• Promoting utilisation of current research findings into clinical nursing practice and patient management
• Promoting the implementation of research and research findings into organisation-wide functions such as safety, quality and risk management
• Providing support and education for other nurses undertaking research

Skill Level

Occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification and at least five years relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

• 254211 Nurse Educator
• 254212 Nurse Researcher