Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: $121,000 - $128,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 7212
Transfusion Nurse
About Peter Mac
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) is a Victorian public health service and a world-leading comprehensive cancer centre, dedicated to excellence across clinical care, research and education. We are home to Australia’s largest cancer research enterprise and provide treatment to around 40,000 people with cancer each year. Welcoming staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences is integral to fostering innovation and compassion, and delivering the best possible cancer care for our patients.
About the team
You will join a specialised nursing and clinical team focused on ensuring safe, evidence-based transfusion practices across the organisation. Working closely with the laboratory, medical, and nursing teams, the service plays a critical role in promoting best practice, minimising risk, and improving patient outcomes in transfusion care.
About the role
As a Transfusion Nurse, you will provide clinical leadership and expertise to support the safe and appropriate use of blood and blood products in accordance with national and international guidelines. You will act as a key liaison between clinical and laboratory teams, driving best practice, education, and quality improvement initiatives across the organisation.
A regular day will see you:
Leading and promoting safe, evidence-based transfusion practices across clinical areas.
Coordinating and delivering education and competency programs for staff.
Monitoring transfusion practices through audits, data analysis, and quality improvement initiatives.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and participating in the Transfusion Committee.
About you
You are an experienced and confident nurse with strong clinical knowledge and a passion for improving patient safety and quality of care. You bring excellent communication skills, the ability to influence practice, and a collaborative approach to working across multidisciplinary teams.
You’ll bring with you:
Desirable:
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally, including:
Inclusion and belonging
Peter Mac celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. We also welcome applications from people who identify as LGBTQIA+, culturally and linguistically diverse, people with disability, and people of all ages.
Join us!
If you feel this role is right for you, we warmly invite you to apply and encourage your early application. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police check and may require a valid Working with Children Check.
Hiring Manager: Stella Kravtsov
Contact Number: 0400 992 592
Email: [email protected]
Applications Close: 11:59PM, Tuesday 07 July 2026