At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver exceptional care and support to patients and families in a dynamic hospital environment.
- Company: Join the Royal Children’s Hospital, a leader in paediatric healthcare.
- Benefits: Career advancement, salary packaging, on-site childcare, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with a commitment to diversity and employee wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on young lives while growing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Current RN registration and dedication to continuous professional development.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
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.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered through 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.
Application Process
Your preferred surgical ward(s) and/or department(s), employment preferences (for example: full-time, part-time, fixed-term or ongoing), and any specific clinical interests or specialty experience relevant to specialty medicine nursing.
Applications will be reviewed by the hiring team, and suitable candidates will be contacted to discuss the current vacancies that align with their experience and preferences.
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 backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disabilities.
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.
Are you ready to join our team? 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.
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