Industry Overview – Enrolled Nursing

This site (weblink provided below) provides information and data on Enrolled Nursing, which is one component of the Health industry.

Enrolled Nurses play a key role in Australia’s health system, providing care and treatment in a range of settings and under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Where a person successfully completes the educational and clinical requirements of the Diploma of Nursing program (HLT54115) they are eligible to make an application to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) for registration as an Enrolled Nurse, provided the education provider and course they have completed hold current accreditation with the NMBA.

According to the Enrolled Nursing IRC’s 2019 Skills Forecast, the Enrolled Nurse workforce represents just over 63,000 workers in Australia, and this is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. The National Health Workforce Dataset (see the Enrolled Nurses 2019 factsheet) indicates the major employers of Enrolled Nurses are public and private hospitals. In 2019, slightly more Enrolled Nurses were working in the public sector (just over 21,070), compared with Enrolled nurses private sector (about 20,450).

Nationally recognised training for Enrolled Nursing is delivered under the HLT – Health Training Package