Registered Nurse Operating Theatre (Recovery, Anaesthetics, Scrub/Scout) Casual Pool
Are you a passionate and skilled Registered Nurse looking to work in a dynamic perioperative setting? Opportunities are now available to join the Perioperative Services Casual Pool across the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD).
Employment Type: Casual
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $36.39 - $51.09 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ578692
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District. We take a person-centred care approach within a practice development framework and offer flexibility in shift options. You will join a team of dedicated healthcare professionals who are passionate, driven, and committed to providing the highest quality care. Working with us means being part of a supportive environment where learning is encouraged, contributions are valued, and your role has a meaningful impact.
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
Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) – St Leonards
RNSH is a 634-bed principal tertiary referral hospital located close to Sydney’s CBD, easily accessible by public transport. It provides a comprehensive range of complex specialty services including major trauma, severe burns, spinal cord injuries, neonatal intensive care, bone marrow transplantation, neurosurgery, and interventional neuroradiology, alongside acute medical, surgical, mental health, paediatric, cancer, and maternity services. The hospital is home to the Northern Sydney Cancer Centre and the Pain Management and Research Centre, and is co-located with the Kolling Institute, a leader in translational research. It also hosts the Clinical School of the University of Sydney and offers a robust environment for clinical education and innovation.
The Perioperative Services Department features 18 operating theatres and interventional suites, with opportunities available Anaesthetics, Recovery, Scrub/Scout, Cath Lab, and Endoscopy. Our multidisciplinary team includes physicians, surgeons, nurses, radiographers, and administrative staff, all committed to delivering safe, high-quality care to a diverse patient cohort.
The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (HKH) – Hornsby
HKH is a 295-bed major metropolitan teaching hospital offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. These include coronary care, intensive care, general medicine and surgery, orthopaedics, maternity, paediatrics, rehabilitation, and emergency services.
The state-of-the-art STAR building houses a modern perioperative complex comprising 10 operating rooms, a day surgery unit, endoscopy, and recovery areas. Opportunities exist in scrub/scout, anaesthetics, and recovery nursing. Staff are supported by an experienced and collaborative perioperative team.
Ryde Hospital – Eastwood
Ryde Hospital delivers essential healthcare services to the local community, including emergency care, intensive and coronary care, general medicine, elective and emergency surgery, orthopaedics, aged care, stroke care, inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation, and ambulatory services.
The hospital is currently undergoing a significant redevelopment that will deliver a new state-of-the-art Acute Services Building and expanded clinical capacity. The existing Operating Suite includes three theatres, a recovery area, and a 10-bed/6-chair Perioperative Unit. Surgical specialties include ENT, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Gynaecology, Urology, and General and Emergency Surgery. Ryde offers a supportive environment for nurses to develop and expand their perioperative skills across multiple specialties.
Clinical Nurse Educators are available across all units to support ongoing education and excellence in person-centred care.
What you'll be doing
You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with patients and the multidisciplinary team to deliver quality, person-centred outcomes in the perioperative environment.
We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- How do you consistently demonstrate behaviours that reinforce the CORE values of our organisation - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment? How do you demonstrate these behaviours with all stakeholders, colleagues, direct reports, as well as outpatients and consumers, and those that care for them?
- Are you a Registered Nurse - Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)? Please provide your AHPRA registration number.
- Summarise your current clinical knowledge and experience including your ability to problem solve within the perioperative nursing environment.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Alynne Ledesma on NSLHD-NMDCasualPoolAgency@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 (Page 11). 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: 23 August 2025
