Registered Nurse – Sub-Acute Services (Westwards Program)

Registered Nurse – Sub-Acute & Restorative Care (Westwards Secondment Program)

Western Health | Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Unit (NMWU)

Western Health Sub-Acute Campuses + Victorian Rural & Regional Partner Facilities

Grade 2 (Year 2 to Year 8) | Nurses and Midwives (Victorian Public Sector) Agreement

Full-Time or Part-Time Ongoing Employment | 7-Day Rotating Roster

Award Rates + 12% Superannuation + Full Salary Packaging + Funded Travel & Lodging Allowances

Empower Restorative Recovery Across Victoria. A Permanent Role with Regional Reach.

Sub-acute nursing is where patients reclaim functional independence, rebuild strength, and prepare for sustainable community living.

Through Western Health’s unique Westwards program, you can combine your passion for rehabilitation, GEM, and transitional care with the opportunity to travel across regional Victoria—all anchored by a permanent contract with Western Health.

As a Sub-Acute Westwards Registered Nurse , you will work within Western Health’s sub-acute clinical units before undertaking supported secondments to partner sub-acute services across regional, rural, and coastal Victoria. You will bring vital restorative nursing expertise to communities where resources are needed most, while receiving complete accommodation support, meal allowances, and clinical backing.

Your Scope & Clinical Impact

Working collaboratively across diverse multidisciplinary teams, your responsibilities include:

• Restorative Care Delivery: Lead goal-directed nursing interventions across rehabilitation, geriatric evaluation and management (GEM), and complex transitional care beds.
• Regional Secondment Assignments: Undertake planned deployments to regional and rural sub-acute facilities across Victoria, adapting seamlessly to local clinical models.
• Holistic Multidisciplinary Planning: Collaborate closely with allied health professionals, geriatricians, families, and community providers to ensure safe, sustainable discharges.
• Clinical Governance & Mentorship: Apply evidence-based nursing interventions, uphold strict clinical risk protocols, and support junior nursing colleagues and students.

Why Sub-Acute Clinicians Choose Westwards

• Permanent Employment with Flexibility: Enjoy the clinical variety of regional secondments while maintaining your permanent tenure, leave accruals, and career home at Western Health.
• Full Deployment Expenses Paid: All regional and rural placements include fully coordinated accommodation support and applicable meal allowances.
• Maximised Financial Package: Secure Grade 2 enterprise agreement pay rates, the statutory 12% superannuation guarantee, and extensive public hospital salary packaging (up to $11,660 in tax-free general living expenses plus meal/entertainment allowances).
• Specialised Professional Development: Access funded postgraduate study scholarships, clinical gerontological pathways, and leadership modules via the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) .

What You Bring

• AHPRA Registration: Current, unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).
• Sub-Acute Experience: Minimum 12 months' recent clinical experience within an Australian sub-acute or rehabilitation setting (e.g., Rehab, GEM, or Palliative).
• Compliance Checks: Current NDIS Worker Screening Clearance (mandatory for sub-acute streams), National Police Check, Working with Children Check, and Immunisation Clearance prior to start.
• Adaptable Mindset: Confidence and composure when stepping into diverse rural and regional hospital wards.
• Roster Availability: Ability to work a 7-day rotating roster and participate in ongoing regional secondments.

Step Into a Restorative Nursing Role with Statewide Horizons.

Applications close 11:59 PM on 28 September 2026 .

For role enquiries, contact the Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Unit at [email protected] .