Allocations Officer

Theroyalch; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 54,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Discounted on-site car parking

Culture of continuous improvement

Flexible work options available

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is seeking a Casual Allocator in the Nursing Workforce Unit to support staffing replacements and allocations across wards, ensuring safe, timely patient care.

The role offers shifts across weekdays, weekends and public holidays, with a broad schedule (05:30–22:00) and casual loading within a leading children's hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Digital proficiency within rostering systems or other IT software platforms.
• Previous experience in a health care setting.
• Previous experience in a staffing/allocation role.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and fill staffing vacancies with a positive and supportive approach.
• Prioritise staffing enquiries and time-sensitive requests with transparent stakeholder communication.
• Support daily operations of the NWU with monitoring of relevant phone and email communication.

Skills

Digital rostering proficiency

Healthcare experience

Staffing allocations experience

Tools

Rostering software

Job description

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Allocations Officer

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Role:

This is a casual position within the Nursing Workforce Department.

The Nursing Workforce Unit (NWU) is responsible for the coordination of staffing replacements and allocations for nursing and administrative vacancies across RCH. The NWU works closely with the Access & Hospital Management team to ensure all wards and departments are appropriately staffed to meet their operational requirements and support the delivery of high-quality patient care. The Casual Allocator will be offered shifts across weekdays, weekends and/or public holidays.

NWU operates between 0530 - 2200, and the ability to be flexible when required to work across all casual Allocator shifts (Early and Late), 7 days a week.

Classification for this position will range from A021- A025 (Grade 2, Year 1-5, the hourly rate range is $35.14-$38.84) per annum, plus superannuation and casual loading).

What you’ll achieve:

• Troubleshoot and fill staffing vacancies with a positive and supportive approach
• Prioritise staffing enquiries and requests that are time sensitive, ensuring ongoing transparent communication with relevant stakeholders
• Support daily operations of the NWU with continuous monitoring of relevant phone and email communication

  Your skills and experience:

  • Digital proficiency within rostering systems or other IT software platform
  • Previous experience in a health care setting
  • Previous experience in a staffing/allocation's role

  About the Department:

  The Nursing Workforce Unit (NWU) is responsible for the coordination of staffing replacements and allocations for nursing and administrative vacancies across RCH. The NWU works closely with the Access & Hospital Management team to ensure all wards and departments are appropriately staffed to meet their operational requirements and support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

  What we offer:

  • Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Discounted on-site car parking
  • Culture of continuous improvement
  • Flexible work options available

  Other requirements:

  • Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
  • Valid Working with Children Check
  • Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

  Why work at the RCH?

  RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

  We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

  The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

  It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

  It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children's Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

  Applications close 9 November 2026