Enrolled Nurse – Acute Care (Westwards Secondment Program)

Western Health | Nursing & Midwifery Working Unit (NMWU)

Classification: Enrolled Nurse Level 2 (2.3 to 2.7) | Victorian Public Sector Agreement

Part-Time or Full-Time Ongoing Employment | 7-Day Rotating Roster

Award Rates + 12% Superannuation + Full Salary Packaging + Funded Travel, Meals & Accommodation

Take Your Acute Nursing Skills on the Road. Permanent Security. Regional Adventure.

Ready to broaden your clinical scope across Victoria without sacrificing permanent public hospital employment?

Western Health’s Westwards program gives Enrolled Nurses the opportunity to practice across varied metropolitan and regional healthcare environments. You remain a permanent Western Health employee, with the opportunity to take on supported secondments across rural and coastal Victoria.

As an Acute Westwards Enrolled Nurse, you practice at the top of your scope within supportive multidisciplinary teams. Whether caring for acute surgical patients at your metropolitan home campus or supporting a community health service in regional Victoria, your clinical contributions make an immediate, recognized difference—with all travel accommodation and meal support fully covered during rural placements.

Your Scope & Clinical Impact

Working in collaboration under the indirect supervision of Registered Nurses, your responsibilities include:

- High-Standard Inpatient Nursing: Deliver protected, person-centred, evidence-based care across acute medical and surgical patient populations.
- Regional Secondment Deployments: Undertake planned assignments at partner health services across regional, rural, and coastal Victoria.
- Clinical Observation & Escalation: Promptly recognise and escalation subtle clinical deteriorations, ensuring rapid intervention and patient safety.
- Medication Administration:



Safely administer prescribed medications in alignment with your NMBA endorsement and Western Health clinical guidelines.
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork: Maintain clear, empathetic communication with patients, families, supervising RNs, and allied health clinicians.

Why Enrolled Nurses Choose Westwards

- Permanent Tenure with Travel Freedom: Gain diverse healthcare experience across regional Victoria without resorting to unstable private casual agencies.
- Full Accommodation & Meal Support: Enjoy coordinated accommodation assistance and applicable meal allowances throughout your rural and regional secondments.
- Maximised Take-Home Pay: Access Enrolled Nurse Level 2 (2.3–2.7) rates, the 12% statutory superannuation guarantee, and extensive public hospital salary packaging (up to $11,660 in pre-tax living expenses plus meal/entertainment allowances).
- Career Development & Pathways: Receive mentorship, continuing professional education, and supported study pathways toward RN qualifications via the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA).

What You Bring

- AHPRA Registration: Current registration as an Enrolled Nurse with AHPRA.
- Qualifications: Completed Diploma of Nursing with IV medication endorsement.
- Acute Experience: Minimum 12 months' recent clinical experience within an Australian acute hospital environment.
- Adaptable Spirit: A collaborative, flexible attitude with the confidence to transition between different hospital teams and ward environments.
- Roster Flexibility: Capacity to participate in a 7-day rotating roster and travel on Victorian regional secondments.
- Pre-Employment Clearances: Satisfactory National Police Check, Working with Children Check, and Immunisation Clearance prior to appointment.

Expand Your Horizons Across Victoria with the Stability of Western Health.

Applications close 11:59 PM on 28 September 2026.

For inquiries, contact the Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Unit at [email protected].

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📌 Enrolled Nurse – Acute Care (Westwards Program) (Melbourne)
🏢 Western Health
📍 Melbourne