Welcome to Nursing at The Royal Children's Hospital
Nurses at The Royal
Children's Hospital (RCH) are committed to working towards a world where all
children thrive. We provide care to neonates, children, young people and their
families in more than 60 different services. We are committed to competency and
evidence-based practice and provide nurses with a comprehensive, individualized
orientation program. RCH Nursing describes the professional role
expectations for nurses developing their careers in Clinical Practice,
Management, Education or Research using the Domains of Practice:
- Direct and
comprehensive care
- Support of
systems
- Education
- Research
- Professional
Leadership
Opportunities for
development are based on performance not tenure and our current nursing
vacancies may be found on the RCH careers website.
Clinical Practice
RCH Nursing recruits to the following positions within the stream
of Clinical Practice:
- Registered Undergraduate Students of Nursing
(RUSON)
- Enrolled Nurses
- Registered Nurses
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Advanced Practice Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
Nursing Management
RCH Nursing Recruits to the following positions within the stream
of Nursing Management”
- Associate Nurse Unit Managers
- Nurse Unit Managers
- Clinical Operations Directors
Nursing Education
RCH Nursing recruits to the following positions within the
stream of Nursing Education
- Lead Preceptors (short term positions)
- Clinical Support Nurses
- Clinical Nurse Educators
- Director/Deputy Director, Nursing Education
Further information can be found on the Nursing Education website.
Nursing Research
RCH Nursing recruits to the following positions within the
stream of Nursing Research:
- Nursing Research Fellow
- Clinical Nurse Consultants, Research
- Director, Nursing Research
Further information can be found on the Nursing Research website.