Registered Nurse Anaesthetics/PACU
Come and join our Anaesthetic & Post Anaesthetic Care Unit team at Royal North Shore Hospital. We are looking for experienced and passionate registered nurses to be a part of our highly skilled and dynamic team!
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time and Part Time until 13 January 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: As per employment type
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ560292
Salary per week: $1,382.80 - $1,941.40
Salary per hour: $36.39 - $51.09
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
We are a tertiary referral centre, with 18 Operating Theatres, including Burns/Plastics and Maternity. Our specialities in the Operating Rooms include gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, cardiothoracic, vascular, ENT, hands, neurosurgical, urology, upper GI, plastics, colorectal, paediatrics and emergency surgery. We also cover radiology, endoscopy and cardiac catheter lab. The post anaesthetic care unit (PACU) nurse provides care for patients immediately following an anaesthetic (general, sedation or regional) surgery or any procedure that has the potential to produce life threatening complications.
What you'll be doing
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with individual/s and the greater health care team to achieve quality patient care outcome.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge and extensive clinical experience of PACU and/or surgical ward nursing.
- Current clinical knowledge and clinical problem solving ability.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
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For role related queries or questions contact Michelle Keith on Michelle.Keith@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy . You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 14 April 2025
