At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide exceptional patient care in a supportive medical ward team.
- Company: Join John Fawkner Private Hospital, a leading healthcare provider in Melbourne.
- Benefits: Flexible shifts, competitive pay, and continuous professional development.
- Other info: Be part of a caring community dedicated to quality patient outcomes.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in patients' lives while growing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: AHPRA registration and 2-3 years of acute nursing experience required.
The predicted salary is between 49.1 - 49.1 $ per hour.
John Fawkner Private Hospital is currently seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our close-knit medical ward team on a casual basis across all shifts. You will play a key role within a supportive team to ensure we provide high levels of patient care.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing excellent standard of evidence based, person centred patient care
- Demonstrating professional practice as evidenced by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope's policies and processes
- Acting as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices
- Maintaining professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high-quality patient outcomes
Essential Criteria:
- Australian work rights
- Current AHPRA registration
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in an acute medical or surgical nursing
- Understanding of the Australian National Commission in Quality and Safety Ten National Standards
- Ability to show initiative and work within a team environment
- Ability to communicate well with a range of stakeholders
About us:
John Fawkner Private Hospital is located in the northwest suburbs of Melbourne. With 186 registered beds, an emergency department, 5 operating theatres, 12 bed Critical Care Complex and a busy day surgery/endoscopy unit, the hospital provides a wide range of services to its community. The hospital specialises in orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, oncology, cardiology, urology, plastic surgery, ENT and gynaecology.
Why Healthscope?
When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.
You will also benefit from:
- Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
- Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only)
- Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth
We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other, share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together. Come and be the difference in our patients' lives.
Applications close: 19/11/2026
If you are successful, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant nursing experience against the current nursing Enterprise Agreement the "Healthscope Victoria - Nurses' and Midwives' Enterprise Agreement 2026" (salaries range between $43.69 to $49.10 per hour).
More Information:
Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. We are also committed to child safety. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.
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