Overview
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Employment Type: Temporary full time until January 2026 | Position Classification: Registered Nurse | Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour + super + salary packaging | Location: Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone | Closing: 6 November 2025
What You'll Be Doing
Scott Memorial Hospital has one Operating Theatre, one anaesthetic bay, two bed PACU bay, and four recliner chairs in the Day Stay Unit. The successful candidate will work various rostered morning shifts within the week with a skilled and tight-knit team to cover 12 theatre lists per month. The role includes instrument, circulating, anaesthetic and post-anaesthetic nursing in endoscopy, general surgery, minor orthopaedic surgery and gynaecology surgery. The unit also services an infusion unit once a month and a pre-operative/post-operative surgical wound clinic and pre-anaesthetic clinic once per month. Due to the rostering schedule, the successful candidate may be oriented and rostered shifts in the medical ward and assist in the Emergency department when required.
Who You Are
Our successful candidate will be energetic, motivated and results driven. As an experienced Theatre Nurse, you will have excellent clinical skills such as instrument, circulating, anaesthetic and/or PACU nursing. Endoscope reprocessing certification or willingness to undertake would be preferred. You will be provided extensive orientation by the Nursing Unit Manager (NUM) of the Scone Perioperative suite, with ongoing support from the Health Service Manager, Clinical Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and Rural and Regional Clinical Nurse Consultant. Ongoing career development is encouraged and supported by the team.
Requirements
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA
Advantages
- Postgraduate nursing and midwifery scholarships is supported
- CNE upskilling opportunities provided by the HNE Education team
- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
- Salary packaging options up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
Apply
Apply now or contact us to discuss flexible rostering, living arrangements or transitioning from metropolitan practice to rural care. Help us build a strong rural workforce and discover what life looks like when you trade traffic for open skies and a real sense of purpose. Need more information?
Click here for the Position Description. For role-related queries contact: Sally Burey | An eligibility list will be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies. This requisition is not accepting sponsorship.
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