Medical

Dolphin - Medical Short Stay

Nurse Unit Manager: Jayne Morrison
Email:  jayne.morrison@rch.org.au    

Kelpie - Adolescent and Rehabilitation Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Stefanie Davis
Email: stefanie.davis@rch.org.au

Banksia - Mental Health

Acting Nurse Unit Manager: Dale McVittie
Email: dale.mcvittie@rch.org.au

Sugar Glider - Medical Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Elise Dixon
Email: elise.dixon@rch.org.au   

Wombat

Nurse Unit Manager: Isobel Standley
Email: isobel.standley@rch.org.au

Kookaburra - Cancer Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Nicole Round
Email:  nicole.round@rch.org.au 

Diabetes Education

Nurse Manager: Katie Williams
Email: katie.williams@rch.org.au

Surgical

Cockatoo - Surgical and Neuro Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Elise McDonald 
Email: elise.mcdonald@rch.org.au

Koala - Cardiac & Renal

Nurse Unit Manager: Lauren Dettmer
Email:  lauren.dettmer@rch.org.au

Platypus - Surgical Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Natalie Westcott
Email: natalie.westcott@rch.org.au

Possum - Surgical Day & Short Stay 

Nurse Unit Manager: Lidia Kovacev 
Email: lidia.kovacev@rch.org.au

Operating Theatre

Nurse Unit Manager: Loren Brastrup
Email: loren.brastrup@rch.org.au

Recovery 

Nurse Unit Manager: Simone Kelly
Email: simone.kelly@rch.org.au

Medical Imaging

Nurse Unit Manager: Nikki Craze
Email:  nikki.craze@rch.org.au   

Cardiology

Nurse Unit Manager: Caitlin Elliot 
Email: Caitlin.elliot@rch.org.au

Critical Care

Butterfly - Newborn Intensive Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Jessica O'Dowd
Email:  jessica.odowd@rch.org.au 

Deputy Nurse Unit Manager: Chad Pagdanganan

Email: Chad.Pagdanganan@rch.org.au

Emergency Department

Nurse Unit Manager: Jayne Hughan
Email:  jayne.hughan@rch.org.au   

Deputy Nurse Unit Manager: Kate O'Brien
Email:  kate.o'brien@rch.org.au   

Deputy Nurse Unit Manager: Mel Buckmaster
Email:  mel.buckmaster@rch.org.au   

Rosella - Paediatric Intensive Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Aine Fitzsimons
Email: aine.fitzsimons@rch.org.au

Deputy Nursing Manager: Dawn Isaacs
Email: dawn.isaacs@rch.org.au

PIPER - Perinatal Infant & Paediatric Emergency Retrieval 

Nurse Unit Manager: Donna Miller
Email: donna.miller@rch.org.au

Ambulatory

Wallaby

Nurse Unit Manager: Vikki Sanders
Email:  vikki.sanders@rch.org.au  

Day Medical Care

Nurse Unit Manager: Kate Schurmann
Email:  kate.schurmann@rch.org.au 

Day Cancer Unit

Nurse Unit Manager: Katie Smith
Email:  katie.smith@rch.org.au  

Complex Care Hub

Nurse Unit Manager: Michelle Taverna

Email: michelle.taverna@rch.org.au

Specialist Clinics (including Immunisation)

Nurse Unit Manager: Tara Hearn
Email: tara.hearn@rch.org.au

Other

Nursing & Administration Workforce 

Nurse Unit Manager: Cathy Matthews
Email: cathymatthews@rch.org.au

CSSD - Central Sterile Supply Department

Nurse Unit Manager: Johneey Hoek
Email: johneey.hoek@rch.org.au

Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Services

Nurse Unit Manager: Joanne Dean
Email: joanne.dean@rch.org.au

Updated September 2025