Clinical Nurse Consultant

UnitingCare Queensland; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging (NFP)

Flexible work arrangements

Employee discounts

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Career development opportunities

Job summary

St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant - Theatre Coordinator. You will coordinate daily theatre operations, oversee workforce deployment and ensure safe, efficient patient flow within a busy perioperative environment.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with surgeons, anaesthetists and nursing staff, and drive quality improvement and safety initiatives to sustain service excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years Operating Theatre clinical experience.
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Experience coordinating operational activities within a healthcare or hospital environment.
• Strong understanding of theatre flow, workforce planning and resource allocation.
• Proven ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing competing priorities and responding to changing operational demands.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and service excellence.
• Ability to build positive relationships with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily operational activities across Perioperative Services to support efficient theatre utilisation and patient flow.
• Monitor theatre activity and proactively respond to operational issues and emerging service demands.
• Coordinate urgent, emergent and ad hoc surgical cases while optimising theatre scheduling and resources.
• Lead workforce deployment, staffing allocations and operational resource management to support safe patient care.
• Provide visible clinical leadership and operational support to perioperative teams.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing teams, CSSD and other key stakeholders.
• Support quality, risk management and continuous improvement activities across theatre services.
• Coordinate equipment, instrumentation and clinical resources to ensure efficient service delivery.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, accreditation activities and operational excellence programs

Skills

Operating theatre coordination

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem solving

Education

AHPRA RN Registration

Postgraduate perioperative qualification (advantage)

Job description

Clinical Nurse Consultant - Theatre Coordinator

St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital

• Employment Term: Permanent Full Time
• Location: located opposite Roma St Parklands, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is just a short walk to Brisbane city
• Remuneration: $64.9 – $73.02p/ hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Employee Benefits

Make a meaningful difference with St Andrews War Memorial Hospital

At St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, we offer world-class health care to families across Queensland and interstate and are leaders in Cardiac Services, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery and Rehabilitation.

By bringing together exceptional people, advanced technology and contemporary models of care, we're able to deliver outstanding patient outcomes and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

An integral part of our Perioperative leadership team, as a Clinical Nurse Consultant - Theatre Coordinator, you'll play a critical role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of our theatre services. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, Visiting Medical Practitioners and hospital leaders, you'll help coordinate theatre flow, workforce deployment and operational activities to deliver exceptional patient care.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our St Andrews War Memorial Hospital team

St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is seeking an experienced perioperative nurse leader to coordinate the daily operational flow of our busy theatre complex.

Acting as a central point of coordination across Perioperative Services, you will oversee theatre utilisation, workforce allocation, patient flow and operational communications to ensure efficient service delivery while maintaining patient safety and staff wellbeing.

A Diverse Role, You Will

• Coordinate daily operational activities across Perioperative Services to support efficient theatre utilisation and patient flow.
• Monitor theatre activity and proactively respond to operational issues and emerging service demands.
• Coordinate urgent, emergent and ad hoc surgical cases while optimising theatre scheduling and resources.
• Lead workforce deployment, staffing allocations and operational resource management to support safe patient care.
• Provide visible clinical leadership and operational support to perioperative teams.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing teams, CSSD and other key stakeholders.
• Support quality, risk management and continuous improvement activities across theatre services.
• Coordinate equipment, instrumentation and clinical resources to ensure efficient service delivery.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, accreditation activities and operational excellence programs

What makes a difference for us?

As a skilled perioperative clinician, you will bring strong operational capability, exceptional communication skills and a passion for delivering outstanding patient outcomes.

You'll Present With

• Minimum 5 years Operating Theatre clinical experience.
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating operational activities within a healthcare or hospital environment.
• Strong understanding of theatre flow, workforce planning and resource allocation.
• Proven ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing competing priorities and responding to changing operational demands.
• Highly developed communication, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.
• Commitment to quality improvement, patient safety and service excellence.
• Ability to build positive relationships with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

Highly Regarded

• Postgraduate qualification in a Perioperative specialty such as Anaesthetics or Scrub/Scout.
• Postgraduate qualification in Leadership, Management or Health Administration.
• Experience coordinating theatre services or other complex healthcare operations.
• Knowledge of healthcare accreditation standards, infection prevention and risk management principles.
• Experience with workforce management systems and resource planning.
• Experience leading operational improvement initiatives, service redesign or change management projects.
• Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement qualifications

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple– everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.