Job Description
Registered Nurse
Req ID:  5010
Posting Start Date:  29/09/2025
Advertisement End Date:  20/10/2025
Work Location:  The RMH Parkville (City campus)

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.

Job Description: 

Registered Nurse - Main Theatre
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

 

  • Part Time Ongoing Position
  • 70 hours per fortnight
  • Rotating roster including weekends, overnight and on-call shifts


The Royal Melbourne Hospital is seeking a motivated and skilled Registered Nurse (Grade 2) to join our Main Theatre team within Perioperative Services.

As one of Melbourne’s busiest tertiary trauma centres, our Perioperative Services team delivers care across a wide range of complex surgical procedures and specialties.

The Perioperative Services Department includes 16 theatres, 25 recovery bays, 3 off-floor anaesthetic areas, 3 West Day Procedure Unit, 3 East/23-hour Unit, and Central Sterilising Services (CSSD).

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute your clinical expertise to one of Victoria’s busiest operating suites, supporting safe, high-quality, patient-centred surgical care.

 About the Role

  • Deliver excellence in both Scrub/Scout and Anaesthetics/Recovery nursing
  • Be part of a skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team committed to advancing health for everyone, every day
  • Access ongoing education opportunities, including our Post Graduate Perioperative Program

 About You

  • Registered Nurse with AHPRA registration
  • Minimum 2 years acute post-registration experience (12 months essential)
  • Strong clinical reasoning, problem-solving and prioritisation skills
  • Excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal abilities
  • Commitment to living The Melbourne Way – putting people first, leading with kindness and achieving excellence together

Desirable

  • Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Benefits:

  • Be part of a supportive and values-driven workplace culture
  • Career growth opportunities, ongoing training, and professional development
  • Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including Fitness Passport, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Staff Peer Support
  • Salary packaging, on-site car parking, and great public transport access

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To view a copy of RMH’s Nursing Professional Practice Framework please click here

Interested? Don't delay, click apply now! Interviews and recruitment is ongoing and we may close the role earlier if we find a suitable candidate.

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

Advertisement Contact (Name and phone):  Maegan Caldwell 9342 6417

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.