Registered Nurse (Bass)

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Registered Nurse role in a leading regional hospital? Join our Bass Unit at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Registered Nurse to join our growing team on a Part Time to Full Time ongoing basis.

We are seeking compassionate and skilled Registered Nurses to join our healthcare team. In this role, you will deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care, ensuring patients receive safe, effective, and person-centred treatment throughout their healthcare journey. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care to achieve positive health outcomes while contributing to a culture of excellence, safety, and continuous improvement.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Registered Nurse is to:

• Deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care, including patient assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation of clinical outcomes.
• Monitor patient progress and respond appropriately to changes in condition, applying critical thinking and sound clinical judgement to support safe care.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients, families, and carers, ensuring care is compassionate, respectful, and person-centred.
• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care, achieve treatment goals, and support positive patient outcomes.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant clinical documentation in accordance with professional standards, organisational policies, and legislative requirements.
• Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and professional development activities to support excellence in clinical practice and service delivery.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration and demonstrated clinical experience in a relevant healthcare setting.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills with the ability to deliver safe and effective patient care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
• Collaborative team player who works effectively within multidisciplinary environments and contributes to a positive workplace culture.
• Adaptable and resilient, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic clinical setting.
• Committed to evidence-based practice, continuous professional development, quality improvement, and delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Emma Renwick, Nurse Unit Manager - Bass email on Emma.Renwick@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 15th September 2026

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.