Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 1 (PN17178)

Salary: $82,993 – $108,780 (Plus 12.5% Super)

Location: The Canberra Hospital

Section: Women, Youth and Children

Closing Date: 2 Sep 2026

What Can We Offer You

City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.

Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe advantages tax concessions.

Flexible working conditions.

Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)

About The Role

Start your neonatal nursing career with the Department of Neonatology, the only tertiary Level 5-6 neonatal service in the ACT and surrounding NSW. Caring for approximately 750-800 neonatal admissions each year, our service includes the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Special Care Nursery (SCN), ACT NETS Retrieval Service, Newborn and Parent Support Service (NAPSS), and the Newborn Growth and Development Clinic.

As a participant in our 12-month Neonatal Foundation Program, you will receive comprehensive support through dedicated study days, supernumerary shifts, clinical rotations across NICU and SCN,



and structured learning opportunities. Working within a family-integrated and developmentally focused environment, you will gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for premature and unwell newborns and their families while being supported by an experienced and passionate team.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop specialist neonatal nursing skills and make a meaningful difference at the very beginning of life.

- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

CHS is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision

creating exceptional health care together

Our Role

to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values

Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

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📌 Registered Nurse Level 1 - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Foundation Program (Canberra)
🏢 Canberra Health Services
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