Registered Nurse - Anaesthetics/PACU

About this role:

As a Registered Nurse Anaesthetics/PACU (Stage 1) at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba, you will be providing your expert nursing care to our patients immediately following their surgery, using your advanced assessment skills and judgment to support a safe recovery from anaesthesia. In this fast-paced role you will work alongside our highly skilled team of surgeons, anaesthetists and perioperative professionals in this collaborative and supportive team environment to deliver exceptional patient outcomes.

Things that work for you: 

• Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
• Financial Wellbeing: Enjoy the benefits of salary packaging - options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
• Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
• Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care service

Things that work for us:

• AHPRA Registration as a Registered Nurse
• At least 2 years' experience within Stage 1 PACU in a highly-acuity perioperative setting
• Focus, to deliver patient centred, evidence-based care
• Flexibility to work on a permanent part-time basis (24 hours per week) the ability to participate in a rotating roster, including on-call requirements where applicable
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to work independently of others
• Post graduate perioperative certificate desirable

About our hospital:

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our occupational therapy team works with a broader multidisciplinary allied health team across the following areas: general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, intensive care, maternity, and paediatrics, cardiac and neurology.

Mission and Values:

As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an environment that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.

Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation

Pre-Employment Checks:

Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks which may include a Working with Children check (i.e. a Blue Card).  For further information about St Vincent’s commitment to Child Safety, visit St Vincent's Code of Conduct.

St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence will be required for proof of immunity.

Respectfully, no agencies please.  APPLY NOW!

Your application must include:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

If you have any questions, please reach out to Nurse Unit Manager, Cath Kleidon by emailing Catherine.Kleidon@svha.org.au