Registered Nurse

The HospitalThe Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

The HospitalThe 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.

Job Title

Registered Nurse - Day Medical Unit

About The Role

Part time fixed term 0.84FTE 64 hours/per fortnight within the Ambulatory Services/Day Medical Unit Allergy until 6th December 2026. You will be responsible for providing care to patients and families within the Day Medical Unit, as part of a nurse lead team. The treatment provided to children and adolescents during the day admission, is for a variety of conditions requiring treatments and procedural support.

What You’ll Achieve

• Conduct a comprehensive and systamatic nursing assessment to imporve the quailty of nursing
• Provision and implementation of quality clinical care
• Manage workload based on the assessment, acuity and optimal time for intervention
• Use a range of assessment techniques to collect relevant and accurate data.

Classification for this position will range from RN Grade 2 year 4 YP5 RN4 - RN Grade 2 year 8 YP9 RN8 (base salary $ 84,188 - $ 107,510 (equivalent FTE) per annum, plus superannuation)

Your Skills And Experience

• Recent acute paediatric nursing experience
• Demonstrated commintment to ongoing personal and professional developement
• Competent in IV cannulation, Central Venous Access Devices and Nitrous Oxide administration.

What We Offer

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Professional development and special events
• Culture of continuous improvement

Other Requirements

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

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.

Applications close 6 August 2026.

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