Registered Nurse Grade 2 - Radiation Therapy

Peter MaCallum Cancer Cente - Peter Mac; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 87,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

12% super

5 weeks annual leave

Job summary

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne is seeking a Registered Nurse Grade 2 to support Radiotherapy services at Moorabbin. This fixed-term role offers a competitive salary range and 12% super, plus five weeks of annual leave and salary packaging.

The successful candidate will bring radiotherapy nursing experience and a commitment to high‑quality patient care. Responsibilities include planning and evaluating evidence‑based nursing care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and

Qualifications

• Preferred experience in Radiotherapy Nursing
• Preferably applicants will have recent oncology experience
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to improvement and quality initiatives to benefit patient care
• Sound patient assessment skills with demonstrated critical thinking and initiative

Responsibilities

• Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team form admission to discharge
• Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
• Maintains capability for practice
• Comprehensively conducts assessments
• Develops a plan for nursing practice
• Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
• Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

Skills

Radiotherapy nursing

Oncology experience

Professional development

Interpersonal communication

Team player

Health information systems

Immunisation policy awareness

Postgraduate qualification

Education

NMBA registration

Nursing registration/qualification

Job description

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Registered Nurse Grade 2 - Radiation Therapy

Date: 20 Oct 2026

Registered Nurse Grade 2

• Multiple Fixed Term Positions Available
• Annual salary range between $86,580 to $107,510 [Pro-rata for Part Time] + salary packaging + 12% super + 5 weeks annual leave

At Peter Mac we aim to continuously improve cancer care, research and education across all cancers and for all people affected by cancer: changing lives, breaking new ground. Everything we do is underpinned by our core values, Excellence, Compassion and Innovation. Welcoming people from a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences is critical to fostering innovation, cultivating compassion, attracting and retaining top talent and providing the best possible cancer care for our patients.

Moorabbin Radiation Oncology Service:

An opportunity exists for experienced Registered Nurses to join Moorabbin Radiotherapy on Fixed Term positions, including multiple parental leave until ending in 2027 & 2028.

The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced radiotherapy nursing skills, outstanding communication and teamwork skills and a dedication to providing excellence in patient centred care.

We are seeking a Registered Nurse with:

• Preferred experience in Radiotherapy Nursing
• Preferably applicants will have recent oncology experience
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development
• High level of interpersonal and communication skills with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to improvement and quality initiatives to benefit patient care
• Sound patient assessment skills with demonstrated critical thinking and initiative

Peter Mac can offer you:

• Opportunities to develop or further your knowledge in oncology nursing and clinical trials
• Comprehensive supportive orientation and education
• Opportunities to grow your career with supported post graduate study
• A real focus on staff wellbeing with our nurses CARE program
• Salary packaging
• Employee assistance program

For further information about this opportunity, please review the position description or contact us for a confidential discussion.

Contact Number: 0436951710

Email: [e-mail]

Application Close 11:59pm:Tuesday 10 November 2026

Position Summary

As a Registered Nurse at Peter Mac you are responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating evidence‑based nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal healthcare outcomes for our patients.

The Registered Nurse is a key member of the health care team responsible for ensuring nursing professional, organization, legal and ethical standards are met. The Registered Nurse communicates within the multidisciplinary teams, and is responsible for supervising and delegating to other health care professionals such as Enrolled Nurses and Registered Undergraduate Students of Nursing (RUSON).

Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024.

Classification or Salary Range

Immunisation Category A

Key Relationships

Internal

• Nurse Unit Manager
• Practice Development Nurse/Clinical Nurse Educator
• Nursing Staff
• Allied Health Staff
• Medical Staff
• Patient Support Staff
• Patients, Families and Carers

External

• Community Health Agencies

Skills

• Commitment to Peter Mac’s Values and Peter Mac’s Nursing Values
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• 12 months recent acute medical or surgical experience
• The ability to be rostered for a minimum of 5 shifts per fortnight to a maximum of 9 shifts per fortnight.
• Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning and continuing professional development
• A patient focussed approach to care
• Demonstrated team player who can foster collaborative partnerships
• Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems
• Maintain immunisation in accordance with the Staff Immunisation Policy, including vaccination against COVID‑19.
• Post graduate qualification in area of specialty

Certifications, Licenses & Registrations

Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)

Key Accountabilities

Key Accountabilities Demonstrated by / Key Performance Indicators

Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice

• Utilises a variety of thinking strategies and the best available evidence in making decisions and providing safe, quality nursing care within person centred and evidence‑based frameworks
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team form admission to discharge

Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships

• RN practice is based on purposefully engaging in effective therapeutic and professional relationships. This includes collegial generosity in the context of mutual trust and respect in professional relationships
• Assesses and evaluates patient care needs with appropriate staff member/s ensuring communication and patient care is coordinated with the multidisciplinary team

Maintains capability for practice

• RNs as regulated health professionals are responsible and accountable for ensuring they are safe, and have the capability for practice. This includes ongoing self‑management and responding when there is a concern about other health professional’s capability for practice
• RNs are responsible for their professional development including completion of mandatory annual and nursing competencies within agreed timeframes
• RNs are responsible for contributing to the development of others
• RNs are also responsible for providing information and education to enable people to make decisions and take action in relation to their health

Comprehensively conducts assessments

• RNs accurately conduct comprehensive and systematic assessments that are holistic as well as culturally appropriate
• Analyse information and data and communicate outcomes as the basis for practice

Develops a plan for nursing practice

• RNs are responsible for the planning and communication of nursing practice. Agreed plans are developed in partnership. Plans are based on the RN’s appraisal of comprehensive, relevant information and evidence that is documented and communicated
• Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
• RNs provide and may delegate, quality and ethical goal‑directed actions. These are based on comprehensive and systematic assessment and the best available evidence to achieve planned and agreed outcomes

Key Accountabilities (Contd..)

Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice

• Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
• Practices within own scope of practice
• Appropriately supervises and delegates aspects of practice to enrolled nurses and RUSONs, according to their scope of practice

Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

• RN takes responsibility for the evaluation of practice based on agreed priorities, goals plans and outcomes and revises practice accordingly

Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.

WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC

• Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
• Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
• We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which our five sites are located throughout Victoria. We recognise their strength and resilience and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.