Clinical Nurse - Perioperative Services (ENT)

St Vincent's Care Services; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue light card discounts

JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits

Airport lounge discounts

Salary packaging options

Novated leasing

Meals & Entertainment card

Job summary

St Vincent's Care Services in Toowoomba is seeking a Clinical Nurse - Perioperative Services (ENT) to join the Perioperative Department for a 12-month maternity leave cover. You’ll provide clinical leadership and support outstanding outcomes within ENT, while working closely with surgeons, anaesthetists and MDTs to drive staff development and service improvements.

The role emphasizes patient-centred care, evidence-based practice and leadership capabilities in a busy private hospital setting in

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Perioperative nursing experience, ideally within ENT.
• Strong clinical, communication and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capability.
• Commitment to evidence-based, patient-centred care.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Postgraduate perioperative qualifications (or willingness to undertake).

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and champion best practice within ENT perioperative services.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anaesthetists and multidisciplinary teams to support outcomes.
• Support staff development, service improvement and safe, high-quality patient care.

Skills

AHPRA registration

Perioperative nursing

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) degree

Job description

Clinical Nurse - Perioperative Services (ENT)

St Vincent's Care Services – Toowoomba QLD

Join the St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba Perioperative Department as a Clinical Nurse - Perioperative Services (ENT)

This 12-month maternity leave cover opportunity (full-time or part-time) will see you provide clinical leadership, champion evidence-based practice, and support outstanding patient outcomes within our ENT service.

Working closely with surgeons, anaesthetists and multidisciplinary teams, you will play a key role in supporting staff development, service improvement and the delivery of safe, high-quality patient-centred care.

About our hospital:

At St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba, we're proud of our 100-year legacy of caring for the communities of Toowoomba, the Darling Downs and surrounding regional Queensland. As the largest private hospital in the region, our 197-bed acute care facility delivers comprehensive medical, surgical, maternity, rehabilitation and critical care services, supported by leading specialists, experienced clinicians and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

Things that work for you:

• Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
• Financial Wellbeing: Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
• Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent's Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
• Join Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services

Things that work for us:

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
• Perioperative nursing experience, ideally within ENT
• Strong clinical, communication and organisational skills
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring capability
• Commitment to evidence-based, patient-centred care
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
• Postgraduate perioperative qualifications (or willingness to undertake)

A workplace where you belong:

At St Vincent's, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Guided by our values of compassion, justice, integrity and excellence, we support our people to build meaningful careers while delivering exceptional care.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, which may include a Working with Children Check (Blue Card). For information about our commitment to Child Safety, please refer to the St Vincent's Code of Conduct.

As part of our commitment to workplace health and safety, evidence of immunity to vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) may be required.