Registered Nurse - Orthopaedics/Surgical - Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital - Perm/Temp PT/FT
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- Registered Nurse
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- REQ610182 Requisition #
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- 6 days ago Post Date
Employment Type: Permanent or Temporary, Part Time or Full Time up to 38 hrs per week. Temporary positions available for Visa holders and contracts will be issued in line with visa conditions.
Location: Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $36.38 - $51.08 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ610182
Application Close Date: 12/10/2025
Interview Date Range: 15/10/2025 – 22/10/2025
Contact Details: Nithya Manickam (02) 9722 7790 Nithya.Manickam@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is seeking passionate and dedicated Registered Nurses to join our Surgical Wards on a full-time or part-time basis.
In this dynamic and rewarding environment, you’ll deliver safe, compassionate, and person-centred care while working closely with patients, families, carers, and a multidisciplinary team to support recovery and achieve meaningful health outcomes.
You’ll bring evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and cultural sensitivity to your role as you assess, plan, and evaluate care. Your commitment to professional development and continuous improvement will help shape a positive and progressive team culture. You’ll also play a key role in supporting others through teaching and mentorship.
If you're ready to make a real impact in surgical nursing, we’d love to hear from you.
What You'll be Doing
The Registered Nurse will provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centred care and work in collaboration with patients/families/carers and a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes.
Where You'll Be Working
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is located in the city of Bankstown and is in one of the most multicultural local government areas (LGA) in Australia. This hospital has tertiary affiliations with three universities and offers a range of roles and experiences to employees.
The hospital receives highly diverse presentations in ED as well as having general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services across the hospital. Working at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is a truly rewarding experience which allows you to make a real difference to the multicultural community.
Being part of the team at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital means you will be a part of a friendly and enthusiastic group of people where you will be truly valued in your work. Being a smaller hospital, you are seen as part of the wider Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital Family where you are known to the other staff and your patients.
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital is like no other in our district and offers unmatched career development and progression opportunities and the hospital focuses on regular training and upskilling. There are regular occasions for working in more senior role and you will have a great management team who dedicate themselves to providing safe, quality patient care through ensuring they have a cohesive and dynamic team.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Can you describe your experience providing care to a patient as a registered nurse in a surgical ward with complex post-operative needs or similar setting?
- Can you discuss strategies you use to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively to ensure that patient care remains the primary focus amidst competing demands and priorities?
- Effective communication is essential in nursing. Can you provide an example of how you communicated critical information to the multidisciplinary team that influenced patient care?
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.
