Registered Nurse (Adult Inpatient Unit) [Talent Pool]
Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service – Melbourne VIC
Tired of high living costs, cold weather and endless Melbourne traffic?
Step into a rewarding nursing career where your time and impact truly matter. Join Central Queensland Health in our brand-new 32-bed Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service located in Rockhampton.
Here, you will deliver recovery-focused care alongside a compassionate team, supported by dedicated professional development and clear progression pathways to advance your practice.
Tired of high living costs, cold weather and endless Melbourne traffic?
Step into a rewarding nursing career where your time and impact truly matter. Join Central Queensland Health in our brand-new 32-bed Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service located in Rockhampton.
Here, you will deliver recovery-focused care alongside a compassionate team, supported by dedicated professional development and clear progression pathways to advance your practice.
Why Melbourne nurses are making the move:
Relocation & Accommodation Support: We're supporting your move with visa sponsorship pathways, relocation assistance for moving costs, and short-term accommodation while your family settles down.
Contemporary Practice: Work in a new 32-bed unit with family-friendly rosters, professional development, and clear career progression pathways.
Regional Affordability: Build your financial future faster with an incredibly affordable housing market, larger blocks (for the shed, pool and toys!) and a lower overall cost of living.
Coastal and Outdoor Lifestyle: Enjoy more time adventuring on Great Keppel Island, exploring pristine beaches just 35 minutes away, or hiking Mount Archer national park tracks right on your doorstep.
Family Presence:



Reclaim your afternoons to be fully present with your kids and family right after your shift ends, completely free from long transit fatigue.
About us:
Our Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service delivers specialist mental health and alcohol and other drug care to communities across Central Queensland.
Our service is entering an exciting new phase with the opening of a new Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service. This state-of-the-art 32-bed facility will expand inpatient care and include high and low dependency units, therapy spaces, administrative support spaces, indoor garden areas and safety and layout features for the wellbeing of consumers and staff.
Working closely with inpatient, community and primary health partners, our multidisciplinary team takes an integrated approach to supporting the recovery and wellbeing of mental health patients. We are committed to delivering accessible, high-quality, recovery-focused care that makes a meaningful and lasting impact.
About the role:
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive nursing care for consumers in accordance with professional standards.
Deliver direct care to consumers with complex care needs, ensuring clinical care is evidence-based and rights are upheld.
Provide shift coordination and leadership to support high-quality operations within the inpatient unit.
Maintain current knowledge of practice standards and provide mentorship and training for colleagues and students.




Contribute actively to interdisciplinary reviews of consumer care and foster constructive working relationships.
About the role:
You are a Registered Nurse with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through AHPRA.
You possess a robust commitment to identifying and implementing clinical evidence-based skills that improve patient safety.
You demonstrate clear knowledge of relevant standards, clinical guidelines, and advanced clinical practice related to risk management.
You have the ability to establish and maintain collaborative and effective relationships within a multidisciplinary team.
You work autonomously within a quality, safety, and risk framework to minimise clinical risk.
You demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, alongside proficiency in contemporary clinical information systems.
What we offer:
Total remuneration value of up to $127,861 p.a. is comprised of:
An hourly rate between $***** - $***** p.h.
*****% employer superannuation contribution
17.5% leave loading
You can also expect:
A relocation and accommodation package to help support your move
Generous Salary Sacrificing Options - no share/splits on tax savings here (within limits of course).
Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety - Pair family friendly rostering practices with your short commutes!
Professional Development opportunities with paths for progression.
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Discounted Private Health Insurance
Fitness Passport
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:
It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.
Applications close: Sunday, 16 August ****
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📌 Registered Nurse (Adult Inpatient Unit) [Talent Pool] (Melbourne)
🏢 Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service
📍 Melbourne