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

Join one of Victoria’s leading Emergency Departments at The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s City Campus, with full-time and part-time ongoing opportunities available.

Registered Nurse
Emergency Department

• Multiple opportunities with our expanding Emergency Department
• Self- rostering available to assist with embracing a work life balance, offering an 8/8 /10 & 12 hour roster options
• Career Progression | Salary Packaging | Additional leave

Join one of Victoria’s leading Emergency Departments at The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s City Campus, with full-time and part-time ongoing opportunities available.

As a Registered Nurse committed to person-centred care, you will provide safe, timely and equitable, evidence-based care to Emergency Department and Observational Medicine patients and their families. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll use your clinical expertise and judgement to assess patients, deliver nursing interventions, recognise and escalate risks, and maintain high standards of clinical documentation and care.

This is a role where your expertise can shape your career and make a meaningful difference, while contributing to the ongoing delivery of world-class healthcare at RMH

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver safe, timely and person-centred nursing care using evidence-based practice.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in partnership with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and manage clinical risks, escalating concerns to promote patient and staff safety.
• Perform nursing interventions and maintain accurate clinical documentation in line with RMH policies and professional standards.
• Collaborate across RMH, contribute to service improvement and promote a culture of safety, wellbeing and speaking up.
• Maintain professional development and mandatory training requirements, working within scope of practice and participating in a rotating roster.

About You

You are a Registered Nurse who brings:

• Emergency Department experience, with current postgraduate qualifications highly regarded
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clinical and executive stakeholders
• An interest in research, with knowledge of research methodologies and processes
• A collaborative approach and commitment to high-quality, person-centred care

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work: Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth: Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging: Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation: Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class Excellence: Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits: Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).
• Work in the Parkville Precinct: Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

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Interested?

Click Apply to submit your application, please include a cover letter and resume.

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

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.