Registered Nurse - Perioperative

Your Position at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

We are currently seeking casual Registered Nurses to join our Perioperative team, specialising in Anaesthetics, Scrub/Scout, and PACU.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive patient care, as well as coordinating and supervising care delivered by junior staff and students. You will play a key role in supporting surgical teams, ensuring patient safety, and maintaining a high standard of clinical care.

About the role:

• Work across a supportive perioperative team covering 7 theatres (all specialties except cardiac)

• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care in a fast-paced environment

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary surgical teams

• Enjoy flexible 8 to 10 hour shifts with varied start time

What we offer:

• A collaborative and supportive team culture

• Flexible working arrangements (casual, full-time and part-time opportunities available)

• Exposure to a wide range of surgical specialties

Who can apply:
Applicants with all levels of experience are encouraged to apply, including those new to perioperative nursing. If you are looking to transition into this specialty, you will be supported through our Discovery Program.

The Position:  

• The overseeing of total patient care.

• Being aware of all patient’s needs, conditions, and progress.

• Being in contact with patients throughout the shift.

• Ensuring all patient needs are met.

• Involving patients in their own care and decision making.

• Ensuring nursing care is carried out and documented using nursing history, care plans and / or care pathway.

• Ensuring medical treatment requests are carried out and documented properly, consulting with doctors if unclear.

• Ensuring that nursing activities are planned and carried out in an organised manner.

• Maintain & continue to improve technical skills such as the interpretation of ECG’s, insertion of intravenous cannula, chest pain management, & other skills relating to Critical Care.

You will have a registration with Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse and demonstrate ability to use his / her initiative, reliability and thereby require minimal supervision and guidance.

To succeed in this role, you will bring demonstrated experience in Anaesthetics, Scrub/Scout, and/or PACU, along with strong clinical judgement and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced surgical environment.

Above all, patients will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

The Benefits:

• Salary: $51.70 to $65.25 per hour, (casual loading included) plus 12% superannuation

• Casual position available

• Salary packaging As a casual employee, you can salary package a percentage of your earnings each pay period

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave and well-being programs

• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance

• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

For enquiries contact Alanna Sheehan – NUM, on (03) 5434 3457

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.