Registered Nurse

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 62,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible hours

PD funding

Diversity & inclusion

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Darling Downs Health invites you to join Toowoomba as a Registered Nurse in a flexible casual role, delivering high‑quality, person‑centred perioperative care across diverse clinical settings with multidisciplinary teams. As an experienced Scrub/Scout or Recovery RN, you’ll apply sound clinical judgement, deliver evidence‑based perioperative care and contribute to a safe, compassionate patient experience.

We offer flexible work arrangements, salary packaging, study leave and professional

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration.
• Experience in Scrub/Scout and/or Recovery perioperative nursing.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver safe, evidence-based perioperative nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Delivering evidence-based perioperative nursing care.
• Building trusted relationships with patients and colleagues.
• Applying clinical judgement to respond to changing patient needs.
• Contributing to quality improvement and patient safety.
• Supporting learning and ongoing professional development.

Skills

Current registration as RN

Scrub/Scout perioperative nursing

Recovery nursing experience

Clinical judgment

Communication & teamwork

Job description

Join Darling Downs Health as a Registered Nurse in Toowoomba and deliver high-quality, person-centred care that makes a genuine difference. In this flexible casual role, you'll work across diverse clinical settings, grow your skills alongside experienced multidisciplinary teams, and help improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities every day.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As an experienced Scrub/Scout or Recovery Registered Nurse, you'll play an important role in delivering safe, compassionate perioperative care that supports positive outcomes for patients and their families. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you'll contribute to a high-quality patient experience while maintaining exceptional clinical standards.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Delivering evidence-based perioperative nursing care that supports patient safety, wellbeing and recovery.
• Building trusted relationships with patients, families and colleagues to create a safe and supportive environment.
• Applying sound clinical judgement and specialist perioperative knowledge to respond confidently to changing patient needs.
• Contributing to quality improvement, patient safety and continuous learning that strengthens care delivery.

Let's talk about you!

You're an experienced Scrub/Scout or Recovery RN who combines clinical expertise with genuine compassion. You stay calm under pressure, communicate with confidence and work collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes for patients. You're looking for more than your next role—you want to contribute to a team that values excellence, connection and continuous growth.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the relevant professional board.
• Recent experience in a Scrub/Scout and/or Recovery nursing role.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver safe, evidence-based perioperative nursing care.
• Strong communication, teamwork and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to professional development, quality improvement and patient‑centred care.

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate perioperative qualifications and/or experience supporting learning, mentoring or leadership within healthcare teams.

Above all, you’ll bring Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage to every interaction, helping deliver outstanding care for the community.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It’s complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you’re a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you’ll see your impact firsthand. Here, you’ll find opportunities that simply don’t exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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