Theatre Nurse in Brisbane

Join the perioperative team at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital and be part of delivering exceptional care across the full surgical journey. Whether you’re an experienced Registered Nurse or Enrolled Nurse, this is an opportunity to bring your perioperative skills to a supportive team while continuing to grow your experience across a range of surgical specialties.

Benefits include:

• $2,500 Sign-on Bonus!
• Discounted staff parking
• Free onsite gym
• Hospital excess discounts for you and your family
• Not-for-profit salary packaging
• More employee benefits listed below

Scrub/Scout opportunities

We’re looking for experienced Scrub/Scout Nurses across a range of specialties, including:

• Orthopaedics
• Urology
• ENT
• Neurosurgery
• Day Surgery
• Endoscopy
• General/all-round Scrub/Scout

Employment & location

Employment term: Full-time and part-time opportunities available, minimum 0.6 FTE.
Location: St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, opposite Roma Street Parkland and a short walk from Brisbane city.
Remuneration reflects your classification and experience under the relevant agreement, plus superannuation, not-for-profit salary packaging and applicable penalties, allowances and benefits.

What makes a difference for us

You’ll bring:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse or Enrolled Nurse
• Australian working rights, as sponsorship is not available for these positions
• A minimum of 3 years’ perioperative nursing experience, including Scrub/Scout experience
• Flexibility to work across a rotating roster
• A strong commitment to patient safety and quality care
• The ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• A commitment to ongoing professional development and building your clinical skills

Make a meaningful difference with St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital. We’re looking for people who want to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. People who build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others. If you’re an experienced RN or EN looking for your next opportunity in perioperative nursing, we’d love to hear from you.

We warmly encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, and people of all genders and identities.

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum.
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple– everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.