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.

Registered Psychiatric Nurse
The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Mental Health Services

• Ongoing opportunities, Full Time and Part Time available!
• Work with a supportive, passionate, and multidisciplinary care team.
• Grow your career with strong education, training, and development support.

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH):
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is one of Victoria’s leading public healthcare providers, delivering safe, high-quality, person-centred care across a comprehensive range of hospital and community-based services. Guided by our values — People First, Lead with Kindness, and Excellence Together — we are committed to supporting the wellbeing and recovery of people with mental illness through compassionate, evidence-based care.

We are seeking experienced and compassionate Registered Psychiatric Nurses to join our newly expanded and renovated acute inpatient unit in Parkville. You’ll be part of a motivated, diverse, and supportive team with access to modern facilities and strong clinical leadership.

Your New Role:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care across a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week roster.
• Conduct comprehensive assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide therapeutic interventions and support to adults with complex mental health needs, their families, and carers.
• Work across AM, PM, night, and weekend shifts in a supportive environment.

About You:

• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Master of Mental Health Nursing, or equivalent.
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1).
• Strong clinical reasoning, assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in the assessment and treatment of severe mental illness is desirable; training and development will be provided.

Benefits of Working with RMH:

• Supportive and collaborative team culture within the John Cade Unit.
• Commitment to your growth and professional development, including clinical supervision, study leave, and ongoing training.
• Salary packaging options (up to $12,000 tax-free) and a monthly paid day off for full-time staff.
• Opportunity to be part of a service that values innovation, recovery-oriented practice, and person-centred care.
• Conveniently located next to the new Parkville Metro Tunnel Station.

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Join Us – Be part of a team that leads with kindness, puts people first, and achieves excellence together.

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.