Work Type: Part-time
Salary: $100,000 - $120,848
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 14613
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.
About the Role:
This is a permanent Part-Time position at 40 hours per fortnight within the Perinatal Retrieval Service (PIPER) at The RCH. The role of Retrieval Nurse is to participate in patient retrievals by road, fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft throughout Victoria and occasionally interstate or overseas. This role will ensure that clinical practice and delivery of care is consistent with RCH and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) practice, by providing comprehensive, safe, evidence-based practice to facilitate optimal health outcomes. Additionally, the retrieval nurse will participate in the coordination of Perinatal, Neonatal and Paediatric referrals and retrievals ensuring transport of all patients are completed in an organised, safe and timely fashion, the retrieval nurse would also participate in the return (back) transportation of convalescent neonates when required.
Classification for this position will range from YW12 to YW12 - ANUM Grade 2 under the Nursing Award ($100,000 to $120,848 - pro rata for part-time, plus Superannuation).
About the Department:
PIPER improves health outcomes for newborn babies, children and women by providing emergency consultation and medical retrieval services for babies, infants, children and adolescents, and high risk pregnant women.
In addition PIPER’s statewide role includes coordinating NICU/PICU and maternity bed utilisation, collaboration with key stakeholders in the planning and implementation of strategies to improve neonatal, paediatric and maternity services in Victoria, and supporting clinicians through outreach education programs focussed on the non-tertiary health services who refer to PIPER.
If this sounds like you, or if you would like more information, please click here to view the position description.
What you’ll achieve:
To be successful in this role, you will have:
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What We Offer:
Application process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Donna Miller, PIPER NUM via phone: +61393459040 OR email: [email protected]
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.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close 14 May 2026.