Company description

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

An exciting prospect exists for enthusiastic Registered Nurses and Midwives to join our Nurse Pool at Northern Health. If you have more than 3 years of acute nursing and/or midwifery experience and hold current registration with AHPRA, you are encouraged to apply:

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

Please note we are not recruiting for casual general and mental health bank currently

Why limit your practice to one ward, when our nurse pool offers dynamic, multi-campus exposure designed for nurses who thrive on variety and continuous learning. Pool Nurses are utilised to backfill deficits throughout the organisation daily within their skill set and scope of practice.

Role requirements:

- Commitment to a minimum of 48 hours fortnight (0.6EFT) or above.




- Applicants must not hold primary full time or part time employment with another organisation.
- Ability to commit to a rotating roster of AM/PM/ND inclusive of weekends.
- Ability to work across all our Northern Health Campuses within your skillset and scope of practice.

Essential criteria:

- Current AHPRA Registration
- More than 3 years' experience in Australian Hospitals' setting since AHPRA registration
- Included in your current CV referees who must hold NUMs or ANUMs positions only.
- Excellent communication, clinical nursing skills and knowledge
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- A commitment to excellent patient centred care

Note: Applicants not meeting the above criteria & looking for transition to nursing, refresher programs and casual bank employment will not be considered.

Next Steps:

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

Please see Position Description details here.

For further details, please email:

Nursing Workforce Coordinators via [email protected]

Please note this is a bulk recruitment drive designed to build our future nursing cohorts. Since we are expecting a high volume of talented applicants, we are only able to contact or respond to candidates selected for interview. We appreciate your patience during this process.

Applications close on 2 September 2026.

📌 Nurse Pool (Epping)
🏢 Northern Health
📍 Epping