Clinical Nurse Specialist - Perioperative

Healthscope Hospitals; Sydney; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

Novated leasing

Retail discounts

Professional development support

Job summary

Healthscope Hospitals is seeking an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to coordinate perioperative nursing care and lead the theatre team at Nepean Private Hospital. The role requires CNS-level expertise, AHPRA registration, and a focus on safety, evidence-based practice, and professional development.

You will mentor ENs, graduates and peers, collaborate with perioperative management, and support quality care across the theatre suite.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration is required.
• Minimum 5 years' perioperative nursing experience, especially Neuro/ENT, Anaesthetics and General/Gyne.
• Post Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing (or working towards).
• Ability to act as CNS, NUM or lead theatre teams will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing care and supervise perioperative teams to ensure safe, evidence-based practice.
• Provide leadership, supervision and guidance to nursing staff within the theatre.
• Deliver clinical teaching and support to ENs, graduates and students.
• Collaborate with the perioperative management team and external partners to ensure high-quality patient care.
• Maintain professional standards in line with AHPRA and Healthscope policies.

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Perioperative

Bring your passion and skills to deliver outstanding care to our patients as a Clinical Nurse Specialist

Gain access to unique Healthscope benefits like discounted health insurance, novated leasing, retail discounts and more!

Take your next step in your career! Join a positive and supportive team environment in which to develop your skillset

Are you an enthusiastic and experienced RN or current CNS looking for the next step in your Perioperative Nursing Career?

Nepean PrivateHospitalis seekingaClinical Nurse Specialists to assist in the coordination of nursing care and work in partnership with the theatre team. This new role is graded as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and will be responsible for providing supervision, direction and guidance to ensure safe practice, quality care and leadership.

About usNepean Private Hospital is in the multi-cultural Western Sydney City of Penrith. The hospital is a modern 109 bed facility providing a wide range of health services to the local community since 2000 including: orthopaedics, spinal, gynaecology, ENT, plastics, urology and general surgery, endoscopy, cardiology, cardiac angiography and obstetrics. Nepean Private Hospital has eight operating theatres, one hybrid/cardiac catheterisation theatre and an endoscopy suite, supported by a critical care unit which includes intensive care.

Nepean Private Hospital has established an excellent reputation in the community for its high commitment to customer service, staff satisfaction and quality improvement. Key to the hospital’s success is a highly skilled and expert team of staff who are supported by a comprehensive range of professional development opportunities.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist your responsibilities will include:

• Support the nursing team with planning, assessment, implementation and evaluation of excellent standard of evidence based, person centred
• Collaborate with the perioperative management team to provide strategic leadership, supervision and oversight as required
• Demonstrate professional practice as evidence by adhering to AHPRA professional standards, code of ethics and conduct, legislative requirements and Healthscope’s polices and processes
• Foster a learning environment through clinical presentations to support the nursing team with their professional development and maintaining own professional learning and continuous professional development and providing supervision and teaching to peers, ENs, graduates and students
• Act as a valued member of the inter-disciplinary team to provide exceptional patient care by actively contributing to team processes and practices
• Collaborate with external partners to ensure patients receive a high quality of care across the health care continuum
• Maintain professional and constructive working relationships with our VMO partners, using a customer service mindset, to enable high quality patient outcomes
• Current AHPRA registration
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Perioperative RN particularly in Neuro/ENT, Anaesthetics and General/Gyne.
• Prior experience as a CNS, acting NUM or in charge in theatre will be highly regarded
• Post Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing (or working towards)
• Compliance with ACQSHC National standards
• Demonstrate the ability to show initiative and work within a team environment
• Passion for teaching, educating and up-skilling staff in cardiac operating theatres

Why Healthscope? When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care . Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network.
• Discounted health insurance (non-casuals only)
• Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us. We support each other, share learnings, celebrate successes and face challenges together .Come and be the difference in our patient's lives .

If you are successful in the role, you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant registered nursing experience against the current Healthscope and NSWNMA/ANMF – NSW Nurses and Midwives’ – Enterprise Agreement, a salary ranging from $57.12 - $63.37 per hour.