Appointment Type: Registered Nurse opportunities on a full-time, part-time and casual basis across operating theatres, anaesthetics, cardiac catheter laboratory and endoscopy.
Salary Package: Base salary from $82,666 – $110,115 per annum (Registered Nurse Year 2–8, pay grade based on relevant experience), plus 12% superannuation and access to salary packaging via Maxxia to maximise your take-home pay.
The Role: Care for patients across a broad and complex surgical and procedural case mix, alongside surgeons, anaesthetists, proceduralists, nursing colleagues and students.
Work-Life Balance: Flexible work arrangements across full-time, part-time and casual options to suit your life outside of work.
Grow With Us: Build your specialty practice in a teaching environment where healthcare, education and research are delivered together in one integrated precinct.
Drive innovation in healthcare, transform patient outcomes, and advance your career today .
At Macquarie University Health, we are always looking for skilled nurses to contribute to our high-performing perioperative and procedural teams at Macquarie University Hospital, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde. We maintain an ongoing talent pool for current and upcoming opportunities across our operating theatres, anaesthetic bays, cardiac catheter laboratory and endoscopy service. If you are an experienced theatre, anaesthetic, cardiac catheter laboratory or endoscopy nurse, or a Registered Nurse with transferable procedural skills looking to consolidate your practice in a teaching environment, we welcome your expression of interest.
About The Role
As a perioperative or procedural nurse at Macquarie University Health, you will care for patients across a broad and complex case mix in a precinct where clinical care, teaching and research operate side by side. Our teams support specialty lists across neurosurgery and spine, orthopaedics, cardiothoracic and interventional cardiology, general and bariatric surgery, colorectal, urology and robotic surgery, ear, nose and throat including cochlear implants, ophthalmology, breast and endocrine, gynaecology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, vascular surgery, interventional radiology and endoscopy. Whether your strengths sit in the instrument and circulating roles, anaesthetic nursing, interventional cardiology or endoscopy, you will add to the capability of established teams delivering safe, efficient and patient-centred care.
Depending on your experience and the area you are appointed to, your key areas of responsibility may include:
Delivering intraoperative care in the instrument (scrub) and circulating (scout) roles across specialty surgical lists, including set-up and troubleshooting of robotic and advanced surgical technology, instrumentation, loan sets and implant and prosthesis traceability.
Providing anaesthetic nursing support through induction, maintenance and emergence, including anaesthetic machine checks, airway equipment and consumables preparation, airway management support, patient monitoring, vascular access and regional techniques.
Undertaking scrub, circulating, panel and recording roles for diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures, including haemodynamic monitoring, access site and sheath management and post-procedure observation.
Supporting endoscopy services, including pre-procedure assessment and bowel preparation review, procedural and therapeutic device assistance, endoscope cleaning, reprocessing and tracking in line with national standards, and discharge criteria and education.
Applying perioperative and procedural standards for aseptic technique, surgical count, specimen management, infection prevention, medication, contrast and blood product administration, consent verification, safety checklists and documentation in the electronic medical record.
Caring for the sedated or anaesthetised patient, including safe positioning and transfer, pressure injury prevention and temperature management, while…