Registered Nurse Grade 2 – Radiation Therapy in Melbourne

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.

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).

Key Relationships:

• 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

Key Accountabilities:

• 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 from 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

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

WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC: Peter Mac offers 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.