Registered Nurse - Specialty Medicine

Theroyalch; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site childcare

Salary packaging

Employee assistance program (Converge)

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne is seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our teams across medical wards and departments, including Kookaburra, Kelpie, and Wombat wards. You will partner with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, family-centred care.

Requirements include current NMBA registration through APHRA, commitment to CPD/PPP, and, while not essential, recent paediatric nursing or surgical nursing experience.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the NMBA via APHRA.
• Up-to-date CPD/PPP.
• Recent paediatric nursing or surgical nursing experience is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Make a meaningful difference by delivering holistic assessments and individualised care plans with family-centred approaches.
• Empower patients and families with culturally responsive health education and support.
• Drive excellence by contributing to quality improvement initiatives that strengthen nursing practice.
• Support and mentor junior staff and students for professional development.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Family-centred care

Quality improvement

Education

NMBA registration through APHRA

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.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) is seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our team across a range of medical wards and departments, including:

• Kookaburra – Oncology and Haematology care


• Kelpie – Adolescent, oncology and rehab


• Wombat – Immunology, haematology, endocrinology and rehab

All Speciality Departments | Open to Full-Time & Part-Time Applicants

The Impact You’ll Make:

As a Registered Nurse, you will play a vital role at RCH, partnering with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional care and positive health outcomes. In this role, you will:

• Make a meaningful difference to patients and families by delivering holistic assessments, developing individualised care plans and providing best-practice, family-centred care


• Empower patients and families by providing culturally responsive health education, information and support throughout their healthcare journey


• Drive excellence in patient care by contributing to quality improvement initiatives that strengthen nursing practice, safety and health outcomes


• Shape the future of nursing by supporting, mentoring and guiding junior staff and students in their professional development and growth

Classification for this position with range from YP3 - YP9 (FTE Base salary, pro rata for part time, plus superannuation)

What You’ll Bring to the Role:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered though the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA)


• Demonstrated dedication to continuous development, evidenced in an up‑to‑date CPD/PPP


• Whilst not essential, recent experience in Paediatric Nursing or Surgical Nursing is highly regarded

What You’ll Get in Return:

In addition to a workplace exceeding staff expectations in work environment, performance measurement, leadership & career development, the RCH offers:

• A commitment to your career advancement through tailored professional development plans and on-site education programs


• NFP Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay by $11,500 per year


• Help when you need it most – counselling, financial, legal and general wellbeing advice, available to you anywhere and anytime via our EAP partner, Converge


• On‑site childcare & high‑end infant‑feeding facilities


• Additional leave accrual if full-time (ADOs) & through weekend shiftwork

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 15th November 2026 - please note, we will commence short listing immediately and we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications