Join us as a Perioperative Anaesthetic Registered Nurse at Armidale Hospital, where you can thrive in a supportive team and embrace the elegance our region has to offer!
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $101,299.48 + Super + Salary Packaging
Requisition ID: REQ561057
Closing Date: Friday, 9th May 2025.
Location: Armidale Hospital
About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Perioperative Anaesthetic Registered Nurse with a passion for airway management and the care of critically vulnerable patients undergoing anaesthesia. The Perioperative Anaesthetic Registered Nurse will be conducting airway management and assessment throughout the preoperative phase all the way through to the patients post operative phase. This is a vital role in supporting the anaesthetist and ensuring patient safety during the administration of anaesthetic.
You will be provided with a thorough orientation process including supernumery days. You will be teamed with a Clinical Nurse Educator and our experienced team. You will become a part of the on-call service to ensure that our rural and surrounding community are provided surgical services.
A variety of education opportunities are available for ongoing development. This includes but is not limited to, simulation, online platforms, self-directed learning and a variety of in-servicing of a variety of specialities. Continual educational opportunities are facilitated and supported; we are also able to offer transition training in other perioperative roles.
Due to the unique rural location of Armidale operating theatres, we host a smaller close-knit community of colleagues which regularly participate in social events and pride ourselves on our collaborative teamwork.
All overseas candidates seeking sponsorship MUST have obtained registration with AHPRA and a positive skills assessment via ANMAC with specialty/code 254423 prior to applying.
Where you’ll be working:
The Armidale Rural Referral Hospital Operating Theatres provides surgical services for the Armidale region. The Operating Theatres also strive to improve knowledge and provide best practices in the care of critically unwell patients and children through medical and nursing research, unit-based educational programs, and advocacy for patients.
We encourage collaboration, openness, and respect in the workplace to empower our people to use their knowledge, skills, and experience to meet the principles of Excellence. Every patient, every time.
Armidale is the main hub of the New England High Country and one of Australia’s most elegant regional locations, known for its 19th-century churches and heritage architecture. A graceful city of tree-lined streets, Armidale is a five-and-a-half-hour drive from Sydney and less than 90 minutes from Tamworth, with daily flights between Sydney and Armidale taking under an hour.
The area is surrounded by beautiful forests, mountain gorges, national parks, and waterfalls, including Wollomombi Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in Australia.
Benefits:
- Collaborative team environment
- Ongoing training and support
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Work-Life balance
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and their families
- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse with current Authority to Practice with AHPRA
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For role-related queries or questions contact Joanne Grieve on Joanne.Grieve@health.nsw.gov.au or 0437 461 449.
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
