Overview
Role: Registered Nurse - Perioperative Services, Shellharbour Hospital – posting by Illawarra Mercury.
Details
- Salary: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour + 12% super & salary packaging
- Employment type: Permanent Part Time, 16 hours per week
- Location: Shellharbour Hospital (SHH)
- Reference: REQ
- Grade: Registered Nurse
- Applications close: 3 September 2025
Responsibilities
- Provide holistic nursing care for patients immediately following an anaesthetic, surgery or procedure.
- Provide person-centred, evidence-based nursing care before, during, and immediately after surgery in the PACU (post-anesthesia care unit).
- Assess patients' conditions, plan and deliver nursing care for surgical interventions, and maintain a safe and comfortable environment.
- Work closely with Surgeons and Anaesthetists, assisting them during procedures and monitoring patients' recovery from anaesthesia.
Qualifications and requirements
- Applicable vaccination requirements for a Category A role
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- Current AHPRA Registration
To apply, read the Position Description, then submit a resume and respond to the selection criteria via the online portal.
Benefits
- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month paid day off (eligible full-time employees)
- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay
- Novated leasing - car leasing with pre-tax salary (eligible full-time employees)
- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - free confidential professional support for staff and families
- Discounted private health insurance options through providers
- Career progression, professional development and secondment opportunities
About ISLHD and Shellharbour Hospital
ISLHD is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ISLHD is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that aligns with NSW Health Child Safe Standards. We prioritise the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in our care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise safety and wellbeing.
Shellharbour Hospital, located on Dharawal Country, is a busy acute care facility offering emergency services, elective surgical services, general medicine, antenatal and primary family health care, satellite renal dialysis, and adolescent and adult mental health services on site. It is an accredited facility with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards (ACHS) and recognised for providing a high standard of care. The South Coast NSW location offers coastal scenery and is about a 1.5 hour drive from Sydney.
How to apply and contact
- Need more information or help applying?
- Visit the ISLHD website for application tips, to learn about ISLHD and other important application information
- Visit the Stepping Up website. Stepping Up supports Aboriginal people in the recruitment process
- Visit The Welcome Experience website. A free service supporting essential workers and families considering applying for or who have accepted a job in regional NSW
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- For role-related queries or help applying, contact Lorna Suleman-Wright on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au
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