Perioperative Nurse: Recovery, Pre-Admission & Day Surgery

MQ Health Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% superannuation

Salary packaging via Maxxia

Job summary

Macquarie University Health invites experienced Registered Nurses to join our perioperative teams across Recovery/PACU, Pre-Admission Clinic, Day Surgery and Endoscopy at Macquarie University Hospital, North Ryde. Roles offer mostly weekday rosters with flexible full-time, part-time and casual options and opportunities to work in a teaching environment.

You will deliver pre-operative assessments, post-anaesthetic care and contribute to discharge planning within a fully integrated academic health

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, with no restrictions on practice.
• Demonstrated experience in Recovery/PACU, pre-admission, day surgery, endoscopy or comparable acute care setting.
• Sound post-anaesthetic and peri-procedural knowledge, including airway and haemodynamic assessment, pain and nausea management, sedation recovery, infection prevention.
• Current advanced life support certification, or willingness to obtain.
• Strong communication, education and health literacy skills, with the ability to prepare patients and carers for surgery, recovery and discharge.
• Commitment to continuing professional development, quality improvement and supporting learning of students and colleagues; postgraduate perioperative qualifications highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Delivering immediate post-anaesthetic nursing care in Recovery/PACU, including airway management and haemodynamic monitoring.
• Completing pre-admission assessment, risk screening and patient education.
• Providing admission, peri-procedural and post-procedural care in Day Surgery and Endoscopy.
• Contributing to discharge decision-making for short-stay episodes.
• Applying patient safety standards including surgical checklists and infection prevention.
• Supporting students and colleagues in a teaching environment and participating in quality improvement.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Perioperative care

Post-anaesthetic care

Advanced life support

Communication & education

Job description

Macquarie University Health invites experienced Registered Nurses to join our perioperative teams across Recovery/PACU, Pre-Admission Clinic, Day Surgery and Endoscopy at Macquarie University Hospital, North Ryde. Roles offer mostly weekday rosters with flexible full-time, part-time and casual options and opportunities to work in a teaching environment.

You will deliver pre-operative assessments, post-anaesthetic care and contribute to discharge planning within a fully integrated academic health