Practice Nurse, Deakin Medical Centre

Salary Rate: Casual HEW 8 ($77.72 per hour + 11% superannuation)

Employment Type: Casual

Location: Melbourne Burwood Campus

The primary purpose of the Campus Nurse is to develop and provide on Campus Health Services in accordance with the University and Medical Centre Policies. Joining a team of experienced nurses, the successful incumbent will deliver high quality health services to staff and students. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated background of providing primary health care including triaging, treatment, advice, referrals, and vaccinations. 

To be successful you will have:
– Current Division 1 registration
– Accredited Nurse Immuniser  
– Experience in a community General Practice or tertiary education setting 
– Excellent triage and clinical assessment/treatment skills including emergency first aid, procedures, and drug administration

Your key responsibilities will be to:
– Provision of primary health care in accordance with the Nurse and Midwifery board guidelines, including triage, treatment, advice, health related counselling, screening and referral. 
– Provision of course related and travel vaccinations as well as other vaccinations in accordance with the National Immunisation Program (NIP). 
– Coordinating and assisting visiting sessional medical practitioners to provide co-ordinated care. 
– Applying Medical Centre/Student Services data management systems to ensure the maintenance of confidential health records, statistics and reports according to legal, medical, ethical standards and alignment with university policy. 
– Proactively establishing and retaining professional networks which enable the efficient day-to-day management of the Medical Centre, including liaising with pathology providers and other external agencies vital to the Medical Centre. 
– Using understanding of patients’ needs to structure, develop, implement, and evaluate health education workshops and materials, which address their information needs or concerns. 

This role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working With Children Check.

Applications for this position close on 23rd April 2026. Please submit your updated resume and 1 page cover letter via the job listing (job 583929, Casual Campus Nurse) on our Deakin Careers website: https://careers.deakin.edu.au/en/listing/ 

About us:
The flexible learning options we provide our students and our diverse team of professionals and academic experts has enabled us to achieve a 5-star rating by the prestigious university ranking organisation Quacquarelli Symonds. For eight consecutive years, we’ve achieved the highest level of overall student satisfaction among Victorian universities. We have a network of campuses, learning centres and research centres across Victoria and corporate offices in Melbourne, China, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka. Our online Cloud campus provides more than 13,000 students with access to state-of-the-art digital tools and direct access to world-renowned academics. As a Victorian university with a global impact, Deakin is translating its research into commercial outcomes that will help drive innovation for Australia’s economy.