Registered Nurse - Critical Care/ICU

Supportive and diverse team environment

Bring your solid Critical Care experience to our patients

Free on site staff car parking and close to public transport

Are you an enthusiastic and experienced Critical Care Registered Nurse looking to join a supportive and nurturing team? About the role John Fawkner Private Hospital is currently seeking experienced Critical Care Registered Nurse to join our close-knit Critical Care team on a full time or part time basis on a rotating roster. You will play a key role within a supportive team to ensure we provide high levels of patient care. Apply if you have 3-5 years of experience in ICU ( mandatory ), post graduate qualifications in Critical Care-ICU ( mandatory ) and Australian work rights ( mandatory ). About us John Fawkner Private Hospital is located in the north-west 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. As a Critical Care Registered Nurse your responsibilities will include:

Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of excellent standard of evidence based, person centred patient care

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

Foster a learning environment through clinical presentations to support the nursing team with their professional development and maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and providing supervision and teaching to peers, graduates and students

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

Collaborate with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care across the health care continuum

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

Essential Criteria

Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in ICU ( mandatory )

Australian work rights ( mandatory )

Post graduate qualification in Critical Care- ICU ( mandatory )

Current AHPRA registration

Understanding and application of the Australian National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards

Demonstrate the ability to show initiative and work within a team environment

Come and be the difference in our patients' lives . Applications close : 19 November 2026 To apply: Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please reach out to If you are successful, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant nursing experience against the current nursing Enterprise Agreement the "Healthscope Victoria - Nurses' and Midwives' Enterprise Agreement 2026" (salaries range between $ 39.34 to $50.50 per hour). More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. We are also committed to child safety. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker. Healthscope has been made aware of recruitment scams involving individuals falsely claiming to represent Healthscope. Please note that Healthscope will never request payment from candidates. Any request for payment is fraudulent. Visit for more information on recruitment scams. Please click here to apply.