The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) is the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, Australia and the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics. The RCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides intensive care services to critically ill infants, children and young people in Tasmania, Victoria, and southern New South Wales.

The RCH PICU:

• operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• has 30 physical beds spaces in our Rosella ward
• delivers the state-wide Paediatric, Infant and Perinatal Emergency Retrieval (PIPER) service
• is a National Funded Centre for paediatric heart transplantation, paediatric liver transplantation (in collaboration with Austin Health), Norwood procedure and staged surgical palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome and paediatric lung transplant (in collaboration with Alfred Health).

Our Paediatric Critical Care Nurses are part of a multidisciplinary team that provides support services to patients and their families. The team includes social workers, pharmacists, play therapists, music therapists, chaplains, psychologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

Right now we have a variety of exciting career opportunities for Registered Nurses (RNs) to support the growth of our world-class PICU.

Experienced Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Nurses

Are you an experienced Paediatric Critical Care RN looking for new challenges? At the RCH you will receive ongoing development and support within a critical care setting from our experienced Nursing Education and Research team.

There are several pathways to advanced roles within the PICU and our services include:

• Speciality Critical Care Practice for both Medical and Surgical Children
• Specialist Paediatric Critical Care Trauma Services
• Pre- and Post-Operative care for Cardiac Surgery including Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) and Transplant
• Pre- and Post-Operative Care of Organ Transplantation (Heart, Liver, Kidney as well as support of children who have received Bone Marrow transplantation and Stem Cell Transplantation)
• Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Service.

How to apply

Transition programs

New Critical Care – Advancing Competencies in Paediatric Intensive Care (ACPIC Program)

If you have ever wanted to transition into the Paediatric Intensive Care environment, then this new program is for you. The ACPIC Program is for RNs who want to develop their knowledge and skills in Paediatric Critical Care within a supportive and structured program. There are three programs per year in March, June, September. Each program is three months long with ongoing job opportunities after completion.

Transition to Specialty Practice – Adult ICU, NICU and ED transition to Paediatrics (TSP Program)

The TSP Program is for RNs wanting to transition into the Paediatric Critical Care Speciality. This immersive, challenging and fast paced program provides the necessary foundations of Paediatric Critical Care Nursing. The PICU offers flexible rostering options which can include 12-hour shifts and may be available upon completion. 

Why critical care nursing at the RCH?

• Join Australia’s only National Funded Centre for paediatric heart transplantation, liver transplantation (with Austin Health) and lung transplantation (with Alfred Health)
• Provide one-to-one or one-to-two care to our most seriously ill children and young people
• Opportunity to work with critical and high dependency patients
• Explore ongoing education and training and several pathways to advanced roles

If you are looking for rewarding days, opportunities to grow and learn, and want to be part of our amazing Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, come and join us. We’re ready for you.

To learn more contact:
Justine Brown
+61 3 9345 5705
justine.brown@rch.org.au