Registered Nurse HIV Outward Program

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Fulltime or 0.84EFT
• Grade 3B Registered Nurse
• Located at The Alfred
• Great staff benefits!

The Department

The Victorian HIV Service provides a wide range of specialist outreach services and a care coordination service in collaboration with other health care and service providers, hospital staff and community agencies. Within its statewide mandate the service aims to identify emerging HIV health service needs and work with agencies to address gaps in services, ensure equitable access to HIV care across Victoria and across populations and provision of quality HIV care. 
The position is one of several specialist HIV nurses working in an outreach capacity within a multidisciplinary team to provide high quality HIV nursing care.   The focus of the service is on patients either in the community setting or another health service’s ambulatory/inpatient setting.  This will include; aged care settings, GP practices, hospital settings, custodial settings, supported accommodation services.

The Role

One of the services within the Victorian HIV Service is the HIV Outward Program, this is a multidisciplinary team which leads a wide range of specialist outward (Outward from The Alfred, extending across Victoria) services and responses.  The team support people living with HIV (PLHIV) with a range of complex health and psychosocial needs.  In addition, they support marginalised populations and specialty PLHIV populations’ access equitable healthcare, such as provision of specialist HIV support to maternal health services for pregnant women.

This position works within a small HIV nursing team and more broadly the multidisciplinary team within a medical model of care under the direction of an Infectious Diseases Specialist.  The role will provide nursing assessment, develop, implement and action care plans. Multidisciplinary/multiservice care plans will be developed for PLHIV through engagement with the patient, a range of community services and agencies, under the supervision of a Clinical Nurse Consultant and the Infectious Diseases Physician. 

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Experience in the HIV/ID field or Community Nursing is desirable
• Strong clinical nursing background and strong professional identity
• Current Victorian Driver’s license is essential
• Current and satisfactory police check
• Current and satisfactory Working With Children Check

Staff Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car & bike parking opportunities, deducted pre-tax!! *subject to availability
• Access for you and your family to an extensive network of health and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport membership
• Enjoy excellent onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred via ProSport (pre-tax memberships)
• Childcare services at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services

If applicable, please specify specific requirements that you require in your cover letter or CV.

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Fiona O'Keeffe, 0407 577 101
Applications close 11pm AEST, Monday 11 May 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.