At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide expert nursing care in the operating theatre and support positive patient outcomes.
- Company: Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital, a leading healthcare provider in the region.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, salary packaging, fitness discounts, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of a major hospital redevelopment and enjoy a supportive work environment.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real difference in patient care.
- Qualifications: Registered Nurse with recent theatre experience and AHPRA registration.
The predicted salary is between 67500 - 82500 $ per year.
Bring your skills, expertise and passion for patient-centred care to the operating theatre as a Registered Nurse, where you'll work alongside a collaborative multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, evidence‑based care and support positive outcomes for every patient.
Salary: $81,748.17 - $114,771.98 per annum + 12% super & salary packaging | Various Permanent and Temporary Hours Available | Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital (SMH) | REQ692928 | Grade: Registered Nurse | Applications close: 15 November 2026.
Working within a collaborative multidisciplinary theatre team, you'll use your clinical expertise to provide skilled scrub and scout nursing care, maintain high standards of infection prevention and patient safety, and contribute to positive surgical outcomes. You'll be supported to maintain and develop your clinical skills in a dynamic theatre environment, while contributing to quality improvement, education and best‑practice nursing.
If you're a Registered Nurse with recent operating theatre experience who values teamwork, professional development and person‑centred care, we'd love to hear from you.
Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital is the main referral hospital for the Shoalhaven region, providing emergency care, medical, surgical, mental health and orthopaedic services. The hospital is currently undergoing a significant $440M redevelopment that will redefine how healthcare is delivered within the Region. Once complete in 2026, the new seven‑storey Acute Services Building and refurbishments on the current hospital site will bring a focus on career development, allowing you to grow your career, acquire new skills and advance professionally as the hospital continues to develop.
Benefits of living and working in the Shoalhaven:
- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full‑time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take‑home pay
- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre‑taxed salary (eligible full‑time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential and professional assistance for staff and their families
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
Essential Requirements:
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role.
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Current AHPRA Registration and recent clinical experience (last 2 years) in operating theatres as an anaesthetic nurse.
- Knowledge and understanding of NSW Health Policy Directives and Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) Standards and their application to Peri‑Operative nursing practice.
ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ISLHD acknowledges that our health district is located on the unceded lands of the Aboriginal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the NSW South Coast.
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