Registered Nurse - Newborn Intensive Care Unit

The Hospital:
The 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 Pediatrics 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 paediatric 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.
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RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
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About the Role
This is a Permanent Full Time or Part Time position at 0.5 - 1.0 FTE / 40 - 80hrs per fortnight within the Butterfly Ward, Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
You will be responsible for:

• Providing high quality nursing care to infants and their families
• Acting as an expert clinical practitioner and working with the wider multidisciplinary team

What you'll achieve:

• Using evidence based practice and a holistic approach to individualised nursing care; assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for babies within the clinical area
• Actively support and promote the involvement of parents/carers in the planning, management and evaluation of care
• Maintaining a proactive approach to the development of clinical skills within the unit ensuring that practice reflects best practice standards, local and national policies and are in keeping with relevant professional standards

Classification for this position will range from YP4-YP9 Grade 2 Year 3 to Year 8 (base salary $75,134 to $95,378 per annum, plus superannuation)
Your skills and experience:

• Proven recent experience working within a neonatal setting - Special Care Nursery or Neonatal Intensive Care, or Adult Intensive Care experience
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, as evidenced in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record/ Professional Practice Portfolio (PPP)
• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered though the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (APHRA)
• Holds or actively working towards Post Graduate Certificate in Neonatal/ Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing, or Adult Intensive Care

If this sounds like you, click to view the position description.
About Butterfly Ward, Newborn Intensive Care:
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a Level 6b quaternary-level referral service which provides intensive and high-dependency family-centred care to approximately 800 infants each year. Infants with a wide range of complex medical and surgical conditions are managed in the NICU. However, the Unit is particularly well recognised for it's expertise in the management of infants with severe respiratory failure complicated by pulmonary hypertension, complex congenital malformations, airway obstruction, and a wide range of surgical conditions, particularly congenital diaphragmatic hernia and oesophageal atresia.
Application process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Adam Wood, Acting Nurse Unit Manager Butterfly PH - 0435 968 842 Email:
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 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 fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and 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
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close 20 March 2024