Registered Nurse – Permanent Relief Pool, Shellharbour Hospital

Southern NSW Local Health District; Shellharbour City Council; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Allocated Days Off

Novated leasing

Fitness Passport

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is seeking Permanent Relief Pool nurses to provide flexible, secure support across Shellharbour Hospital. PRP offers variety across clinical areas and the chance to work with multiple teams as the organisation grows toward a new hospital.

Eligibility includes current AHPRA registration and a minimum of one year of full-time postgraduate practice. Roles are based at Shellharbour Hospital on the NSW South Coast with a defined close date of 27 September

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current AHPRA registration.
• Experience in acute care or varied clinical areas preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of full-time postgraduate employment.

Responsibilities

• Work across a range of clinical areas within Shellharbour Hospital.
• Build skills across specialties and meet diverse teams.
• Contribute to safe, patient-centred care in a busy hospital.

Skills

Registered nurse

AHPRA Registration

Postgraduate experience

Job description

REQ687227 Requisition #

Join our Permanent Relief Pool - Variety, Flexibility & Opportunity!

$81,748.17 - $114,771.98 + 12% super & salary packaging | Permanent Full-Time and Part-Time Vacancies | Shellharbour Hospital (SHH) | REQ687227 | Applications close: 27 September 2026

Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.

Looking for a role that gives you variety without giving up the security of permanent employment? Our Permanent Relief Pool (PRP) could be exactly what you're looking for!

As a PRP nurse, you'll have the opportunity to work across a range of clinical areas, experience different specialties, build your skills and meet a variety of teams across the organisation.

Whether you're looking to broaden your clinical experience, discover your next area of interest, or simply enjoy the variety that comes with working across different wards, PRP offers a unique opportunity to keep learning, keep growing and never have the same week twice!

Be Part of the Journey to a New Hospital

Opportunities to join a health service on the path to opening a brand-new hospital are rare. By joining Shellharbour Hospital now, you'll play an active role in helping shape the future of healthcare delivery in our community as we transition to a state-of-the-art facility in 2027.

Work in Contemporary Clinical Environments

The new Shellharbour Hospital is being designed with patients and staff at its centre, featuring modern clinical spaces, advanced technology, contemporary equipment, and environments that support safe, efficient, and person-centred care.

Help Shape Future Models of Care

This is more than simply moving into a new building. It is an opportunity to contribute to the design of workflows, patient journeys, clinical practice, and innovative models of care that will support generations of patients and healthcare professionals.

Grow With an Expanding Health Service

As services expand within the new facility, exciting opportunities will emerge across a range of specialties, leadership roles, education, quality improvement, and project work. Whether you are looking to develop your clinical expertise or progress your leadership career, there will be opportunities to grow alongside the organisation.

Influence Culture from Day One

Join a team that is building a workplace culture focused on collaboration, innovation, excellence, and staff wellbeing. Early recruits will have the opportunity to influence how teams work together and help establish the values and culture of the new hospital.

Access the Best of Both Worlds

Enjoy a rewarding career in an advanced healthcare facility while living in one of Australia's most desirable coastal regions. Spend less time commuting and more time enjoying beaches, coastal walks, family activities, and everything the lllawarra and South Coast have to offer.

Shellharbour Hospital is a busy acute care facility which provides emergency services, elective surgical services, general medicine, antenatal and primary family health care, satellite renal dialysis, and adolescent and adult mental health services on site. It's an accredited healthcare facility with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS) and is recognised as providing a high standard of care to the community.

Located on the beautiful South Coast of NSW, Shellharbour is known for its spectacular coastal scenery and is only a little over a 1.5 hour drive from Sydney.

Benefits of working with ISLHD.

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

• Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
• Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)
• Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
• Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities

• Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
• Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• Current AHPRA Registration
• A minimum of one (1) year full-time postgraduate employment (or 1982 hours part time/casual)

• Visit the Stepping Up website here . Stepping Up supports Aboriginal people to navigate the recruitment process and find a career or employment in NSW Health.
• Visit The Welcome Experience website here . The Welcome Experience is a free service supporting essential workers (and their families) who are considering applying for or have accepted a job in regional NSW.

ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

ISLHD is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

ISLHD acknowledges that our health district is located on the unceded lands of the Aboriginal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the NSW South Coast.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.