Are you an enthusiastic and experienced Registered Nurse looking to join a supportive and nurturing team?

Supportive and diverse team environment

Casual roles – medical ward

Free on-site staff car parking and close to public transport

John Fawkner Private Hospital is currently seeking experienced Registered Nurses to join our close-knit medical ward team on a casual basis across all shifts. You will play a key role within a supportive team to ensure we provide high levels of patient care.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Providing excellent standard of evidence based, person centred patient care

- Demonstrating professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope's policies and processes

- Acting as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices

- Maintaining professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high-quality patient outcomes

Essential Criteria

- Australian work rights

- Current AHPRA registration

- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in an acute medical or surgical nursing

- Understanding of the Australian National Commission in Quality and Safety Ten National Standards

- Ability to show initiative and work within a team environment

- Ability to communication well with a range of stakeholders

About us




John Fawkner Private Hospital is located in the northwest suburbs of Melbourne. With 186 registered beds, an emergency department, 5 operating theatres, 12 bed Critical Care Complex and a busy day surgery/endoscopy unit the hospital provides a wide range of services to its community.

The hospital specialises in orthopaedics, general surgery, general medicine, oncology, cardiology, urology, plastic surgery, ENT and gynaecology.

Why Healthscope?
When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

You’ll also benefit from:

- Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.

- Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only)

- Continuous career development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other, share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together.

Come and be the difference in our patients’ lives.

Applications close: 19/11/2026

📌 Registered Nurse - Medical Ward (Melbourne)
🏢 John Fawkner Private Hospital
📍 Melbourne