The Australian Army employs male and female Registered General Nurses as Nursing Officers in Primary Health Care units, Army Hospitals and Medical Centres. These officers form the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps.

You can expect to spend most of your professional time with patients who are young soldiers and officers from a wide variety of trades and Corps. Minor general surgery, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), accident and emergency stabilisation and a large amount of orthopaedic surgery is undertaken at Military Hospitals. Intensive and coronary care patients are cared for in civilian hospitals and return to the military hospital when their condition is stable. No advanced surgery is carried out within Medical Centres. Within the Primary Health Care units, you will be involved in immediate stabilisation and preparation for evacuation to more advanced facilities -including aeromedical evacuation and evacuation by road.

A career as an Army Nursing Officer offers variety and challenges in employment and travel not always available in the normal hospital environment. You will gain experience and skills that will equip you for advancement in the Army, and will also be in high demand in your profession.

You can expect to spend most of your professional time with patients who are young soldiers. General surgery, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) and a large amount of orthopaedic surgery is undertaken at Military Hospitals. Intensive and coronary care patients are cared for in civilian hospitals and return to the military hospital when their condition is stable. No surgery is carried out within Medical Centres.

A career as an Army Reserve Nursing Officer offers variety and challenges in employment and travel not always available in the normal hospital environment. You will gain experience and skills that will equip you for advancement in the Army, and will also be in high demand in your profession.