Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $86,580 - $107,510
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 15516
The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) is seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our team across a range of medical wards and departments, including:
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:
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:
If this sounds like you, or if you'd like more information, please click here for the position description.
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:
Application Process:
We encourage you to apply and tell us about your clinical experience, areas of interest, and work preferences. When applying, please upload your most recent CV and specify:
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.
Candidates interested in joining the RCH Nursing Pool as an entry pathway to the organisation are also encouraged to indicate this within their application. Opportunities within the Nursing Pool may provide exposure to a variety of clinical areas while building experience within RCH. Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee an interview or appointment.
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 15th November 2026 - please note, we will commence short listing immediately and we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications