Registered Nurse

The Royal Children's Hospital; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Fitness Passport

Early Learning Centre childcare

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne seeks a Registered Nurse to join the Family Healthcare Support team. This state-wide role involves education and training for support workers in schools, kindergartens and in the child's home, with regional travel.

The role is a 2.0 EFT, Monday to Friday, with a base salary of $115,289.20 per annum plus superannuation; the position offers salary packaging and access to staff benefits as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary workplace.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and autonomously as necessary
• Demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills
• Proven ability to work independently and demonstrated initiative in performing duties
• Valid Victorian drivers licence
• Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible to changing priorities and environment
• Minimum of 3 years paediatric nursing experience

Responsibilities

• Providing family centred care through a holistic approach using systematic assessment of the child’s medical needs in conjunction with their psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs
• Planning and implement nursing care for patients in the Post-acute Care service, Homecare Program, School Care Program and Family Healthcare Supoort
• Facilitating the training and assessment of support workers for in-home care for eligible patients

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Time management

Independent working

Valid driver’s license (Victoria)

Pressure handling

Paediatric nursing experience (3+ yrs)

Education

Bachelor of Nursing (RN)

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 .

Registered Nurse - Family Healthcare Support

About The Role

There is a total of 2.0 EFT available within the Family Healthcare Support team.

This role works across Family Healthcare Support, providing education and training to support workers in schools, kindergartens and in the child's home. This is a state wide program therefore regional travel will be required with adequate notice and planning. The role is a Monday to Friday position.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing family centred care through a holistic approach using systematic assessment of the child’s medical needs in conjunction with their psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs
• Planning and implement nursing care for patients in the Post-acute Care service, Homecare Program, School Care Program and Family Healthcare Supoort
• Facilitating the training and assessment of support workers for in-home care for eligible patients

Classification for this position will be YU15 (base salary $115,289.20 per annum, plus superannuation).

What You'll Achieve

• Comprehensive and systematic nursing assessment to improve the quality of nursing care
• Uses a range of assessment techniques to collect relevant and accurate data
• Ensure appropriate information is developed and maintained appropriately to support the delivery of community care
• Provide clinical advice regarding non-urgent nursing or medical queries

Your Skills And Experience

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and autonomously as necessary
• Demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills
• Proven ability to work independently and demonstrated initiative in performing duties
• Valid Victorian drivers licence
• Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible to changing priorities and environment
• Minimum of 3 years paediatric nursing experience

About Family Healthcare Support

The RCH Family Healthcare Support Team provide trained workers to care for children with medical complexity at home. This provision allows parents of children who require frequent medical interventions the time to rest and attend to other responsibilities.

Support shifts are provided for eligible children known to the RCH Complex Care Hub or through NDIS funding. Workers are based throughout the state of Victoria and provide care to children in their local area. This remote workforce is coordinated through a central team onsite at the RCH.

Family Healthcare shifts are provided by a trained support worker who undertakes child focused training and operates within strict parameters clearly documented in a child’s specific care manual. Workers maintain a safe environment for the children they support, delivering all care required during the shift, including identifying and responding to predictable changes in care. The service also provides training for workers in schools and kindergartens across the state.

What We Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Early Learning Centre childcare

Other Requirements

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Current NDIS Worker Screening 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.

Are you ready to join our team?

Applications close 19 October 2026