The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Critical Care Registered Nurse - ICU

The Royal Melbourne Hospital
 

• Full Time and Part Time opportunities available
• Rotating roster of 8 and 12-hour shift patterns
• Salary range $71,300 - $95,400 (pro rata) depending on experience

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital 
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) part of the Parkville Precinct and is one of Australia's leading public hospitals, providing a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services, as well as rehabilitation, aged care, specialist clinics and community programs. 

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) ICU has 42 physical bed spaces and currently admits over 2000 patients every year. The RMH ICU provides services to the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre partners, the Peter MacCallum Hospital and the Women’s hospital across the Parkville precinct.

Benefits of working at RMH:

• Work in an exciting learning environment with accessible mentoring and educational support.

• Join our 6-month Smart Mentor and Resource Training (SMART) program, designed to support CCRNs commencing employment in the RMH Intensive Care Unit

• Great opportunities for career diversity and professional development, including training, research opportunities and access to Melbourne Health leadership programs.
• Enjoy an expanding employee benefits program, with comprehensive Health & Wellbeing programs to support work life balance, including onsite staff gym and staff vaccination program.
• Ongoing reward and recognition programs including monthly ‘You Made a Difference’ awards celebrating staff and teams across the organisation.
• Up to $12,000 tax free earnings with salary packaging options, monthly paid day off for full time staff, five weeks annual leave per year (pro rata).
• Central Parkville location – onsite car parking options, easily accessible via public transport.

The role:

• Join our supportive ICU team and practice collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Promote optimal health outcomes through evidence-based nursing practice and participation in continuing education and professional development.
• Contribute to an exciting and positive learning environment by supporting the development of all staff.

About you:

• Post graduate qualification diploma or certificate in critical care (ICU stream)                                                  
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in an acute critical care setting
• Able to commence employment within a 3-month time frame
• Provide high quality patient centred care through your well-developed assessment, clinical reasoning, problem-solving and prioritisation skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and work well both independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

Interested? Apply today!

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below – we look forward to hearing from you! We’re reviewing applications and scheduling interviews immediately. If you need any support with your application, please reach out to the hiring manager via the details below:

Joanne Forrest

Nurse Unit Manager

The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Intensive Care Unit

Level 6, Building B 
Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3050  
T: 9342 9100 
Joanne.Forrest@mh.org.au

Please note: This position is for applicants only. We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies or third-party representatives.

Please click here to view the full Position Description
 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.